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  • VERBASCUM 'Cotswold Beauty'
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    VERBASCUM 'Cotswold Beauty'

    Commonly known as Mullein

    Pale apricot-pink with purple centre
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    1.5 to 2 Litre   - Click to view photo
    Delivery Information
    Available again from summer 2025
    £13.50 each 
    MULTIBUY SAVING
    Any 3+ £12.00 each
    Available again from summer 2025 - 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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    • Good to know
      Wildlife plant - insects
    • Pests & Diseases
      Moth caterpillars, figwort weevil, powdery mildew
    • Place of origin
      Garden origin
    • Evergreen
      Ovate to lance-shaped, wrinkled, grey-green leaves to 20cm (8in) long
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Saucer-shaped
    • Border
      Suitable for a mixed or herbaceous border
    • Coastal / windswept
    • Cottage garden
    • Town garden
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      1.2m (4ft)
    • Spread
      30cm (12in)
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
      Erect perennial with unbranched spike 30-60cm (12-24in) long, of flowers to 4cm (1½in) across
    • Hardy - very cold winter
      Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Alkaline / Chalk loving
      Poor, well-drained soil
    • Full sun
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      1.2m (4ft)
      Herbaceous - guide for size not form Watering Can
        30cm (12in)
       
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    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
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
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