Great mullein plant, Aaron’s rod

How to grow great mullein

Characteristics of the great mullein plant

great mullein

flower

June – September. Flowers in inflorescences spikelike, yellow till 3 cm, with 5 stamens with the filament of the three superiors ones covered of white hair.

water

Regularly, every 2 or 3 days in summmer. Don’t soak the soil.

gardening pot

Garden corners, for their abundant summer flowers, its wide leaves covered with whitish hairiness and like a medicinal plant. The flowers contain a yellow coloring that was used in the antiquity.

weather

Sun. It tolerades shade.

shovel

From seeds in spring or division in winter. It is accustomed to self-reproduce very easily.

soil

Poor, sandy soil. Medicinal plant (see properties)

Another species of “Verbascum

Verbascum blattaria —————- Moth mullein

Verbascum barnadesii —————……………

Verbascum bombyciferum —————………….

Verbascum Chaixii ——————……………

Verbascum creticum —————……………

Verbascum densiflorum ————-……………

Verbascum dumulosum ———————……………….

Verbascum especiosum —————……………

Verbascum hybrida ——————- ……………..

Verbascum longifolium —————……………

Verbascum lychnitis ——————- White mullein

Verbascum nigrum —————— Black blataria

Verbascum phlomoides —————- Orange mullein

Verbascum phoeniceum ————— Purple blataria

Verbascum pulverulentum ——————- Hoary mullein

Verbascum sinuatum —————— ………………….

Verbascum undulatum —————……………

Verbascum virgatum —————– Twiggy mullein

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This article was endorsed by Julián Masats - Technical agricultural engineer specialized in horticulture and gardening.
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20 January, 2020

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