Verbascum olympicum
Plant expert Val Bourne shares her advice on growing and propagating verbascum. Plus recommended varieties.
Verbascum Olympicum. Photograph by Bob Gibbons Fine Art America
Scientific name: Verbascum olympicum Plant family: figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) Other names: Olympic mullein Sowing time: from April Planting time: spring or autumn Flowering period: June to August Location: sunny Soil quality: gritty to loamy, calcipholous, low in nutrients, low in humus These information are for temperate climate!
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Verbascum olympicum (Olympic Mullein) (With images) Plants, Architectural plants, Growing plants
Verbascum are biennial or perennial plants, rarely annuals or subshrubs, growing to 0.5 to 3.0 m (1.6 to 9.8 ft) tall. The plants first form a dense rosette of leaves at ground level, subsequently sending up a tall flowering stem. Biennial plants form the rosette the first year and the stem the following season.
Verbascum Olympicum from Burncoose Nurseries
Buy this plant Plant nurseries 10 suppliers Size Ultimate height 1.5-2.5 metres Time to ultimate height 2-5 years Ultimate spread 0.5-1 metres Growing conditions Loam Sand Moisture Well-drained pH Alkaline Colour & scent Position Full sun Aspect South-facing Exposure
Greek Mullein, Olympic Mullein Verbascum olympicum Unique plants
Olympian mullein (Verbascum olympicum) is a plant that prefers to grow in chalk or loam. The chalky soil is pale and contains chunks of calcium-rich rock. It is a fertile and well-draining soil, almost always alkaline. The loam soil is dark, rich in organic matter but balanced in minerals. It offers the best of all worlds, retaining enough.
Verbascum olympicum (Olympic Mullein)
Verbascum olympicum OLYMPIC MULLEIN Scrophulariaceae : Plant type: evergreen soft-wooded perennial Hardiness zones: 8-10 Sunlight: hot overhead sun Soil Moisture: dry between watering to constantly moist Soil: ordinary soil, enriched soil, acidic to alkaline
Verbascum olympicum Harrod Horticultural
Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) grows in pastures and meadows that have been neglected, on the side of the road and the edges of woods, along fence rows, in vacant lots and industrial areas.In the first year, plants grow low to the ground, bearing rosettes of hairy leaves. Gray-green in color, oblong to lanceolate, each soft leaf measures 4 to 12 inches long and 1 to 5 inches wide.
Verbascum olympicum magic in Mendocino. . . . . . . botanical bloom flowermagic garden
BBC Gardeners' World Magazine Published: Monday, 27 July 2020 at 0:06 pm Find out how to grow wild and cultivate forms of verbascum, in our detailed Grow Guide. Verbascums are beautiful, summer-flowering perennials or biennials. With their distinctive, upright spires of flowers, they add height and structure to a planting scheme.
Verbascum olympicum Olympic Mullein information & photos
Extended plant information for Verbascum olympicum. Support the HPS by becoming a member and you will also see additional information on this plant (where it exists) such as: Full plant details for those in the Conservation scheme; Details of their hardiness zones or US zone codes;
Verbascum olympicum stock photo by John Glover, Image 1265942
1 of 3 Species V. olympicum 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 golden- yellow flowers in late summer. Season of interest Height and spread Metric | Imperial Where to grow Soil type Chalky Loamy Soil drainage Well-drained
Verbascum olympicum, KandelaberKönigskerze
Verbascum olympicum, the Greek mullein, Olympian mullein or Olympic mullein, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to northwest Turkey. [1] [2] A short-lived perennial reaching 2 m (6 ft 7 in), the Royal Horticultural Society considers it a good plant to attract pollinators. [3] References
Verbascum Olympicum Fleur
We have imported fresh seed of this majestic plant from a wild source. The strains sold in the past are more than likely not true Verbascum olympicum. A native of dry places in Greece and Turkey, Verbascum olympicum produces grand 2 to 3 metre tall multi-stemmed columns of warm yellow flowers. A superb species which if planted this autumn or.
Olympian mullein (Verbascum olympicum) growing guides
Fri 6 Jun 2014 11.30 EDT I 've tried to grow about 50 kinds of verbascum. Most have died. The word on the horticultural street is that many - like Verbascum 'Helen Johnson' and V. 'Jackie' -.
VERBASCUM OLYMPICUM (Greek mullein) Highbury Wildlife GardenHighbury Wildlife Garden
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Kandelaber Königskerze Verbascum olympicum Baumschule Horstmann
These plants, also called Olympic Greek mullein ( Verbascum olympicum ), rise to 5 feet (1.5 m.) or more, and produce such generous amounts of bright yellow flowers that, by late summer, the upper stalks are completely covered with them.