Re: Verbascum-Mullein
jaime wrote:
> ........
> > blooms. After blooming the seeds ripen and the plant dies. That stalk is
> > very strong and about 2" thick at the base. I sort of like them myself.
> > They will remain standing for a long time, several years sometimes. I
> > thought they may make good stakes for beans or even morning glorys!!
> >
> > Ann B.
> > Montana Gardener
>
> Indeed. The birds eat the seeds and some species use the empty
> seed cavities to store insects for winter feeding - kind of like
> squirrels storing nuts. I have used them for all manner of
> annual vines - not perennials, for they do come down in a strong
> wind.
.And of course, back when I was a young lad, and people were crossing the
Great Plains in covered wagons, they used to dip mullein stalks in tallow and
use them as torches. Have never tried it myself, but see no reason why it
wouldn't work.
Bob Campbell
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