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Images and Opinions of Verbascum thapsus from GardenWeb Members| NutCracker20 - Upper Michigan | I really did not know if I liked this plant but everytime I look at it I like it more each year. It really reminds me of corn when the flower opens up. I have 1 that is growing up against the back of my house, and about a dozen of them in the front of my house, I think I will keep them. They do seem to grow more and more each year I just hope it does not become invasive. | Ratings| overall | 8 | | how easy | 10 | | flower | 10 | | foliage | 9 | | propagate | 10 | | fragrance | 9 |
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| starmoon - Z5 NY | 
| Very pretty spikes of yellow flowers. Reseeding can get out of hand and roots can go deep into the soil. Dead heading creates multiple new spikes. | Ratings| overall | 7 | | how easy | 10 | | flower | 10 | | foliage | 9 | | propagate | 10 | | fragrance | 3 |
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| garden_witch - z5 MI | 
| Another garden volunteer. Mullein looks neat from the highway, but it is even better up close and personal. I actually had one grow up inside my gazing ball! | Ratings| overall | 8 | | how easy | 10 | | flower | 8 | | foliage | 9 | | propagate | n/a | | fragrance | 5 |
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| Nora_in_Vancouver - 8b Wet Coast | 
July 14, 2003 (Vancouver BC) | (My photo is V. bombyciferum; Giant Silver Mullein). They both like dry, sunny spots, so are perfect for the small strip between sidewalk and street. This group has self-seeded for several years. It can be a problem near the sidewalk as the silvery leaves are so huge. | |
| Terramadre - 7b - AL | 
Left: foliage, Right: flower stalk | Mullein is a biennial herb which produces a basal rosette of large, thick, fuzzy, oval leaves in the first year. These leaves survive through the winter. In the second year, mullein sends up a tall, sometimes branched, flower stalk which can reach 8'. Mullein has medicinal and other uses. | |
| kpsj - z9 CA | 
Frost on a Mullein rosette. | This plant volunteers at my garden plot. I love it. It wards off evil spirits (some say). | Ratings| overall | 7 | | how easy | 10 | | flower | 10 | | foliage | 10 | | propagate | 10 | | fragrance | 1 |
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