This figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) genus of some 300 species of annuals, biennials, perennials, and subshrubs includes cultivated plants and many that have become weeds outside thier natural Eurasian and North African range. The commonly cultivated species usually form basal rosettes of large elliptical leaves, often quite heavily veined and sometimes felted .Tall upright flower spikesemerge from the rosettes carrying massed, small 5-petalled flower,usually in wight ,yellow,or pink to lavender shades.The Roman pliny described verbascum ,noting that they attracted moths and thus called them moth mulleins, and in Greek legends the plant featured as a protection against evil and was used as an everyday medicinal plant to treat a variety of illness.
CULTIVATION
Hardiness varies with the species .Most prefer a sunny position in light , gritty, free-draining soil .They can toleratesummer drought but need moisture until flowering has ended . Propagate by divion or from seed ,depending on the growth form .
Top Tip
You can encourage the production of fresh flowering spikes by cutting off the spikes with spent flower just below the bottom-most flower.
CULTIVATION
Hardiness varies with the species .Most prefer a sunny position in light , gritty, free-draining soil .They can toleratesummer drought but need moisture until flowering has ended . Propagate by divion or from seed ,depending on the growth form .
Top Tip
You can encourage the production of fresh flowering spikes by cutting off the spikes with spent flower just below the bottom-most flower.
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