Re: verbascum-not mullin
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: verbascum-not mullin
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:16:12 -0600
- References: <35386848.C60@mcn.net>
At 03:21 AM 4/20/98 +0000, you wrote:
>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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By "wild mullein," do you mean the common mullein, Verbascum thapsis L.,
that was introduced from Europe, but is native to Asia? Settlers brought
it for its medicinal qualities. I think it's a biennial. Margaret
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