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Dipsacus fullonum |
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| Synonym(s) |
Dipsacus sylvestris |
| Common name |
common teasel; Fuller's teasel |
| Family |
dipsacaceae |
| Life cycle |
biennial |
| Flowers |
blue |
| Size |
6' |
| Light |
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From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | mid-September |
Considered a weed throughout its range in the U.S. – but it's a magnificent weed. It doesn't do much in its first season, staying put as a tidy low rosette. But by mid-spring of its second year, it starts adding stature, in the form of strongly upright stalks. The large crinkly leaves, arranged oppositely along its beefy stalk, form cups that collect water during rainstorms. We haven't yet seen the flowers - expect an update soon!
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| The plants have some prickly features: sparsely arranged thornlets along the stem, and more regularly spaced prickles along the prominent rib running across the underside of the leaves.
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| | Still standing in mid-March, the pale stalks with brown seed heads are a stark reminder of last year's garden. |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Dipsacus fullonum
- Seed from '06 trade. Baggy 70F (35%G, 4d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 70F (90+%G, 4-7d)
Only plump seeds are viable.
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March 14, 2009
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