Verbascum phoenicium flush of white

Description

This self seeding white strain benefits from cutting back to produce further flowering. Its compact habit is ideally suited to smaller gardens or middle of the border.

Flowering: Spring-Summer

Height: 60cm

Spread: 35cm

Further information:

Cut back dead flowering stems throughout the Summer to encourage new flowers. In Winter you can leave them on as they can be very attractive in the frosty weather and cut them back in early Spring

Common Name: mullein

Life Cycle: Perennial

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Foliage: oblanceolate / crenate

Basic Colour: ( white )

Flower Colour: white

Natural Flowering:  May – September

Winter Hardiness: Hardy

Height with Flowers: 50 – 70cm

Soil Requirements:  well-drained / average / moist

Soil ph:  alkaline / neutral

Location: border / cottage garden

Usage:  bee food plant / cut flowers

Pruning: cut back to ground after flowering or leave to set seed if late in season

Tolerates: drought tolerant / deer resistance

Origin: Central Asia /  Central Europe / Western China