Help please! Identify this magnificent plant ... for my sister!
Yes, you read that right ... for my sister! Oh, I have two sisters in case you wondered! The sister who is 14 months younger than me, lives in Westerville, Ohio, and is the real artist in the family....
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Mullein is key food for some pretty little moths and butterflies and other insects - important pollinators and other beneficial insects - so I always let some grow. I just cut the stalk before it goes...
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Years ago my old former neighbor grew this 7 foot tall weed in his front garden; well 10 years later I am still pulling out those blasted demon offspring. Don't know what it is, but it has pretty...
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According to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbascum - some cultivars of this plant are grown deliberately in gardens because they flower for a long period and are good in dry conditions....
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Well, my sister is pretty "knot-headed" so she does her own thing. The fact that she let it grow already tells me she likes it and was just wondering what it is and thinking of maybe trying to grow...
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Having lived in several parts of the country, I've learned a lot of gardening decisions are regional. What one part of the world babies and coddles in their gardens is the same plant that is destroyed...
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Well, peeps! I received an answer from my sister yesterday. In her own very personal words:I cut that big weed today. It makes 240,000 seeds that can lay dormant for 100 years! . . . Not in this yard....
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Darn, stupid your sister has cut that plant, it's a most beautiful wild flower but I don't know the official english name for it. Translated we call it the Black torch. It comes in different...
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Titia Geertman wrote:Darn, stupid your sister has cut that plant, it's a most beautiful wild flower but I don't know the official english name for it. Translated we call it the Black torch. It comes...
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If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet paper tree!" if she were thinking of getting rid of it.
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If it was growing that quick I was going to suggest giving Jack a call...
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Kylyssa Shay wrote:If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet paper tree!" if she were thinking of...
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poddys wrote:If it was growing that quick I was going to suggest giving Jack a call...Ah, too funny -- when I was googling to find out what that plant is, I thought beanstalk!
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One common name in England is Aaron's Rod. A group arrived in my Mum's gravel path last year...grew to 8 feet...we let them be as they were magnificent, but sadly no offspring this year. The long wet...
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Kylyssa Shay wrote:If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet paper tree!" if she were thinking of...
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greenspirit wrote:One common name in England is Aaron's Rod. A group arrived in my Mum's gravel path last year...grew to 8 feet...we let them be as they were magnificent, but sadly no offspring this...
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WeaselPuppy wrote:Kylyssa Shay wrote:If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet paper tree!" if she...
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Mullein has a lot of medicinal uses. You can buy an extract in most health food stores. I first read about it in Dr. Andrew Weil's blog. For those of you not familiar with him, he is a...
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LiteraryMind wrote:Mullein has a lot of medicinal uses. You can buy an extract in most health food stores. I first read about it in Dr. Andrew Weil's blog. For those of you not familiar with...
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jaguarjulie wrote:Kylyssa Shay wrote:If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet paper tree!" if she...
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Kylyssa Shay wrote:jaguarjulie wrote:Kylyssa Shay wrote:If it's the same mullein I'm thinking it is, people living here a couple hundred years ago would be telling her, "Are you nuts? That's a toilet...
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