Verbascum 'Snowy Spires' grown from seed.
- 2 Sep, 2024
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This is the second 'spire' in about six weeks.
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Lovely. One of my favourite perennials is Verbascum.
2 Sep, 2024
Thanks Julia.
Karen, these were grown from a packet of seed, free with a garden magazine.
2 Sep, 2024
That’s a very unusual & elegant one, lovely.
2 Sep, 2024
Not bad for a 'Freebie' either!
2 Sep, 2024
Looking very elegant and statuesque too! Such a bonus it being free!!!!
3 Sep, 2024
Thanks Kate, 'Free' is one of my favourite words ... :o))
4 Sep, 2024
That's a beautiful plant, Shirley! I've never seen Verbascums that weren't some shade of yellow so this this one being white comes as as surprise!
4 Sep, 2024
David, my thoughts exactly!
5 Sep, 2024
I've done a search & found you can buy the seeds from several seed companies. You can get 20 seeds for £3 at one I looked at. While another had them 15 seeds for £2.50. I may buy some!
5 Sep, 2024
These were from Stocks and Green. I just looked at their website and they have sold out!
6 Sep, 2024
The first seed company I think is Kings Seeds, I don't remember the other at this moment. I also looked on eBay & they are available there as well.
6 Sep, 2024
Kings Seeds are excellent ... we used to get our vegetable seeds from them when we had the allotment ... flowers too!
7 Sep, 2024
Oh, I used to grow pink, violet, orange and white ones in Scotland. Mind you, they didn’t often survive the winter wet. But the violet ones were my favourites.
7 Sep, 2024
And there was I thinking they only came in shades of yellow, Karen! This one was a surprise to me!
8 Sep, 2024
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How elegant...
2 Sep, 2024