Re: Verbascum-Mullein
Marie Yacuzzo wrote:
> I'm curious about Mullein. I have something that someone gave me that she
> called "Mallow", but said she didn't think that was the correct name. It is
> shaped like a Hollyhock with flowers that are pinkish/purple (a light,
> pretty color). The flowers are less tightly curled than a Hollyhock, more
> flat with 3-4 pieces per bloom. The blooms run up the side of the stalk
> like a Hollyhock. She said that it self-seeds like crazy, and she has them
> all over her garden. I like the plant, but still do not know what it is.
> Could it be a Mullein???
Nope. Sounds like Malva moschata to me. The pink is nice, I have some tucked
into a corner of the bed, but the white is much prettier in my opinion. I have
it planted with white peachleafed bellflower, white Campanula carpatica, and
white liatris spicata in a small white patch.Mullein (at least the common weedy
type) is that yellow flowered plant you see by the side of the road with a thick
single flower stalk. It's more noticable in the autumn when the grass around it
is dead and it thrusts up like a brown stick- kind of looks like a club.
Bob Campbell
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