Verbascum bombyciferum

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Linda Cochran's Garden: Verbascum Bombyciferum, iris, silene coronaria, indian rice grass Verbascum Bombyciferum, Garden Composition, Wood Cottage, Cottage Nursery, Dry Garden, Gravel Garden, Plant Combinations, Last Post, Country Gardening

Self sown Verbascum bombyciferum in my front border In my last post I commented on the importance of yellow to give a garden composition some punch. Verbascum bombyciferum is certainly a plant which can add drama to a garden, not only because its flowers are in the all important lemon shade of yellow, but because its foliage is such a lovely furry gray and its form is so striking. Indeed, even if it never bloomed it would be a good addition to the garden because of the pettable gray rosette…

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prairie break: Bomb squad {Verbascum bombyciferum} Verbascum Bombyciferum, Practical Garden, Be Passionate, Fine People, Drought Resistant, Desert Garden, Zone 5, Landscape Architecture, Planting

In our gorgeous, biodiverse, and blessed land where so many fine people seem to be passionate about possessing, "bearing" or otherwise abusing firearms, I have an excellent substitution for them. Somewhere in The Essential Earthman, Henry Mitchell translates bombyciferum (in reference to the Dolly Parton of mulleins) as "carrying a bomb": there is certainly something incendiary, outrageous and explosive about verbascums. Not a few are bona fide (albeit lovely in a fashion) weeds. Many if not…

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