Re: verbascum-not mullin

Last year I had three of the wild mullein that grew up next to some 
old steps on a bank, spacing themselves evenly.  Now *that's* plant 
design!

Kate in North Georgia, slogging through the monsoon season

> We have the common wild mullein here. Verbascum is a little iffy and
> short lived. Why can't it be crossed with the wild stuff for toughness?
> The native kind is a biennial that grows over 6' in very dry rocky
> areas. The first leaves are a soft as lamb's ears. I like it and always
> allow a few plants grow in marginal areas at the edge of a hardpacked
> gravel driveway. I get volunteers every year but they are not nearly as
> bad as teasle. And definately not as prickly.
> 
> Ann B.
> Montana Gardener
> 
> 
 
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