Verbascum phoenicium rosetta

Description

This self seeding rose pink 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:

Dead head throughout the Summer. Cut back dead flower stems in Autumn to the base of the stem . If you leave the stems on in winter then the plant will self seed but also could be a part of an Autumn structural garden that insects could use to hibernate in.

Common Name: mullein

Life Cycle: Perennial

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Foliage: oblanceolate / crenate

Basic Colour: ( red )

Flower Colour: red / pink

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