Verbascum rupestre (Verbascum rupestre)
Other names: Celsia rupestris
V. rupestre is a hairy, rosette-forming perennial with pinnate, dark green leaves and erect stems bearing racemes of yellow flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum x hybridum 'Banana Custard' (Mullein 'Banana Custard')
Other names: Verbascum x hybridum 'Banana and Custard', Verbascum phlomoides 'Banana Custard'
'Banana Custard'' is a rosette-forming, semi-evergreen biennial or short-lived perennial with ovate, felted, grey-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing slender panicles of flat, yellow flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum x hybrida 'Southern Charm' (Verbascum 'Southern Charm')
'Southern Charm' is a perennial forming long spikes of flowers in a range of bright colours including apricot, pink, cream and yellow in late spring - early summer.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta' (Mullein 'Violetta')
Other names: Verbascum 'Violetta'
'Violetta' is a rosette-forming, evergreen, biennial or short-lived perennial with ovate, wrinkled, prominently veined, dark green basal leaves and slender racemes of saucer-shaped, dark purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum (Cotswold Group) 'Gainsborough' (Mullein 'Gainsborough')
Other names: Verbascum phoeniceum 'Gainsborough', Verbascum 'Gainsborough'
'Gainsborough' is a short-lived, herbaceous perennial with semi-evergreen, grey-green foliage forming at the base of the plant. Tall spikes of pale-lemon flowers are produced in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum phoeniceum 'Mixed' (Mixed mullein)
Other names: Verbascum 'Mixed Colours'
'Mixed' is a perennial forming long spikes of flowers in a range of bright colours including apricot, carmine, salmon and violet in early summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum blattaria f. albiflorum (White moth mullein)
Other names: Verbascum blattaria f. erubescens
V. blattaria f. albiflorum is a rosette-forming biennial or semi-evergreen, short-lived perennial with glossy, wrinkled, deeply toothed, dark green leaves, and, from late spring into summer, upright, leafy stems bearing white flowers with bright purple stamens.
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0.3m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum chaixii 'Album' (White nettle-leaved mullein)
Other names: Verbascum chaixii var. album
'Album' is a clump-forming perennial with grey hairy leaves and white flowers with purple centres, in late summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum chaixii 'Wedding Candles' (Nettle-leaved mullein 'Wedding Candles')
Other names: Wild verbascum 'Wedding Candles'
'Wedding Candles' is an erect, often short-lived, semi-evergreen perennial with a basal rosette of ovate to oblong, hairy, grey-green leaves and, in summer, sturdy stems bearing slender panicles of saucer-shaped, creamy-white flowers with prominent purple stamens and bright orange anthers.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbascum bombyciferum (Silver mullein )
Other names: Turkish mullein, Verbascum broussa, Mullein chalk, Celsia bombyciferum
V. bombyciferum is a tall, rosette-forming biennial or short-lived, evergreen perennial with large, woolly, silver-grey leaves and erect, woolly, silver-grey stems bearing bright yellow, saucer-shaped flowers in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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