Verbascum 'Pink Petticoats'
Mullein 'Pink Petticoats'
Verbascum - or mullein - are perennial or biennial, tall flowering plants that have a basal rosette of foliage from which, in Summer, arises a flower spike of saucer-shaped flowers that are attractive to bees. 'Pink Petticoats' is a dwarf variety that bears rose-pink flowers with a touch of apricot in spires. The leaves are silver-green.
Contributed by @Keely
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Mullein 'Pink Petticoats'
Latin name
Verbascum 'Pink Petticoats'
type
Biennial
family
Scrophulariaceae
ph
7.5 - 9.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.35 M
0.45 M
Verbascum 'Pink Petticoats'
Verbascum - or mullein - are perennial or biennial, tall flowering plants that have a basal rosette of foliage from which, in Summer, arises a flower spike of saucer-shaped flowers that are attractive to bees. 'Pink Petticoats' is a dwarf variety that bears rose-pink flowers with a touch of apricot in spires. The leaves are silver-green.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Flowers appear in succession from early Summer to late Summer
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in poor, free-draining alkaline soil in cottage gardens, wild-flower gardens, or borders
propagation by Division
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Using a fork dig up plant,try to keep the root ball as complete as possible. Split the root ball at the centre with a sharp knife or a spade. Replant the plants to the same depth as the original, water well, and keep well watered until established.
Keely
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