Verbascum olympicum

Mullein

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Flower colour

yellow

Flowering Time

June, July, August

Light/shadow demands

sun

Soil

sandy-loamy, permeable

perennials

Verbascum olympicum

Characteristics:

Habit

Large, picturesquely extended rosettes, with powerful, candelabra-like inflorescences from the 2nd or 3rd year on

Blossom

Bowl-shaped, bright yellow, in meter-long, branched, upright racemes, buds silvery white; June to August, long flowering time, dying after flowering, but also many self-soam seedlings

Leaves

Large rosette leaves up to 30 cm long, silvery felty when shooting, more grey-green in summer

Demands

Sun, tolerates heat, needs warmth, moderately frost hardy

Soil

Dry to fresh, sensitive to winter dampness, well-drained, moderately nutritious, sandy-gravely or sandy-loamy

Tip

Cutting back while the last lateral flowers are still open might help keep the plan to stay alive.

Bee pasture/nectar

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Product Nr	Options	Price (plus 7% VAT)
SANA005074	Pot	€3.50

Product Nr	Options	Price (plus 7% VAT)
SANA005074	Pot	€3.50