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Plant details
This is an eye-catching plant with heavily felted, silver-grey rosettes of large leaves that look outstanding in winter. From these, tall, furry, silvery flower-spikes emerge in early summer. These reach their full height by mid-summer and start to produce a succession of wide-open, yellow flowers which continue into late summer. After flowering, the spikes still look attractive for months before starting to die off. Plants self-seed copiously. If possible leave seedlings where they appear naturally as they are very drought-tolerant.
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Verbascum
Species: bombyciferum
Plant type: Hardy perennial
Flower colour: Yellow
Foliage colour: Silver
Feature: Flowers
Sun exposure: Full sun
Soil: Well-drained/light, Dry, Sandy
Hardiness: Hardy
Skill level: Beginner
Height: 180cm
Spread: 60cm
Time to plant seeds: May to June
Time to divide plants: March to May
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