Rob's plants home garden plants wildlife seed photos plant sale journal topics fun links guestbook Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta'

 

Common name purple mullein Family scrophulariaceae Life cycle biennial /perennial (Z4-8) Flowers purple Size 24-36" Light sun From seed germinate at room temperature; do not exclude light detailed seed-starting info below Rich purple flowers, with the fuzzy stamens typical of mulleins, appear starting in May. The flowers on the bottom of the spike open up first; the bloom then proceeds upward, with the little dark purse-buds opening one by one. The leaves, held in a low-growing basal rosette, aren't much to look at, so we have our plants in busy garden areas, where only the flower spikes draw attention.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: back yard island, arbor zone

One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2007. Seed for 'Violetta' from '06 trade. Baggy 70F with light (67%G, 3-10d)

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