Can you identify, please?

23-09-07_1528
ecole
Ecole

Can you identify, please?

Asked on 24 Sep, 2007

This plant has grown in my Mum's garden, can anyone identify it? It has grown to approx 5 feet.

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Owdboggy
Owdboggy

24 Sep, 2007

 

It is Verbascum thlaspi. It is a biennial and will die once it has finished flowering. It seeds itslef all over the place though, so you will never be without it!

spritzhenry
Spritzhenry

24 Sep, 2007

 

She is lucky! hope it does seed so she has more next year.

Wyeboy
Wyeboy

26 Sep, 2007

 

I think another old name for it was 'MULLIEN' but Owdboggy has given you the correct name for it.Lovely plant but prone to rust sometimes.

Owdboggy
Owdboggy

28 Sep, 2007

 

Mullein is aslo very prone to Mullein moth caterpillar damage. We do not bother though the plants look awful for a while, but they recover, regrow and flower just a little later that is all.

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