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    VERBASCUM
    VERBASCUM
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    VERBASCUM

    Commonly known as Mullein

    All Flower MAY-JUN

    Statuesque wildlife plants with a long history of use as a herbal remedy.

    Genus of 360 species, most of which are biennials, with a few annuals, perennials and subshrubs, some semi-evergreen or evergreen.

    They are found mainly on dry, stony hillsides, wasteland and in open woodland in Europe, northern Africa and western and central Asia.

    Natives are V. nigrum, dark mullein, uncommon and found on calcareous soils and V. thapsus, Aaron's rod, common on sunny banks and waste places.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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    • Good to know
      Usually hairy, sometimes woolly plants with very short-stemmed flowers.
    • Place of origin
      Europe, northern Africa, western and central Asia
    • Evergreen
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Border
      Suitable for a shrub or mixed border
    • Coastal / windswept
    • Cottage garden
    • Town garden
    • Herbaceous
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    varieties
    VERBASCUM chaixii 'Album'
    White flowers with mauve centres
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Estimated availability autumn 2026 Any time SEPT-DEC
    Not yet confirmed. Could be any time between September and December.
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    VERBASCUM 'Cotswold Beauty'
    Mullein
    Pale apricot-pink with purple centre
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    VERBASCUM 'Cotswold Queen'
    Soft yellow-brown with purple centre
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    VERBASCUM 'Firedance'
    Fiery red
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    VERBASCUM 'Helen Johnson'
    Saucer-shaped light pinkish-brown flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    VERBASCUM 'June Johnson'
    Grey-green leaves and pale peachy-pink flowers with a purple eye
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    VERBASCUM 'Kynaston'
    Mullein
    White flowers with orange eye
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    VERBASCUM 'Merlin'
    Pale purple-pink with a brown centre
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    VERBASCUM olympicum
    Tall spikes of yellow flowers and grey woolly leaves. Monocarpic
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    VERBASCUM 'Pink Domino'
    Deep rose-pink flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £14.00
    Available again from summer 2026
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Wildflower Mini Meadow
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
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