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Verbascum 'Snowy Spires' grown from seed.


Verbascum 'Snowy Spires' grown from seed.

This is the second 'spire' in about six weeks.



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How elegant...

2 Sep, 2024

 

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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