Verbascum olympicum

Pretty much the same photo I took last year! 😂 #verbascum-olympicum

It really is huge! 💛

Ooh err missus! So's the verbascum! 😉😂 @kez001uk

@gardengimp 🤣😂🤣 forgot about the verbascum 🤭😆

😂😂😂 @kez001uk

@kez001uk unfortunately mullein no.2 is shriveled and floppy with one poorly flowering stem. Too many flower stems for the root system to cope with I reckon.

@gardengimp that can happen, it’s more common than you think! 😉🤣😂🤣😂 sorry, couldn’t resist 🤭

@gardengimp shame you lost it but this one is putting on a show for you 😁

@kez001uk 😂😂 I never thought it would happen to me, but a floppy verbascum comes to us all it seems! 😉 While we're kind of on the subject, the other day I stumbled upon a Philodendron pollinating video you may find interesting... https://youtu.be/63d6-r3zumo Apologies in advance 🙏

@gardengimp 😂 every time I see ‘those’ adverts on tv I’ll think of floppy verbascums 🤣 I’m very intrigued about this video...

@gardengimp well that brings a whole new meaning to plant porn!!! 🤣😂🤣🙈 seems men and philodendrons aren’t too different! 😆

Hmm! Looks that way! 😂😂😂 I don't know how he kept a straight face 🙊🙈 If the Philodendron had a face I know it definitely would be smiling! 😉 @kez001uk

Mullein no.1 progress 14/06/20 #justmulleinitover #centrepiece #statementplant

That certainly had a growth spurt!

@kez001uk This is mullein no.1, sorry its not clear to see sometimes - the other one I posted is no.2, although its grown another flowering stem so it could be called mullein no.2-5 😁

@gardengimp aaah, well it might help if I read the caption before commenting 😂 no. 2 is going to be ginormous at this rate!! Think they look good even at this stage 😋

😁 I dunno, maybe just 4 smaller no.1s... I've seen a more sensible verbascum thapsus in a garden around the corner - I feel the need for some autumn over the wall seed collecting 😈 @kez001uk

@gardengimp I just looked that one up, similar to this but maybe a bit smaller 😛 borrowing seeds is like recycling really 😉😉

@kez001uk well yeah that's a good point! I plan on giving back to the community by doing a spot of guerilla gardening. Unkempt lawns need poppies and teasels 😉

@gardengimp guerilla gardening! That needs to be a thing! Now you’ve made me think 🤔 I have a field that my garden backs on to and it’s been left to go wild. I reckon I could sprinkle all my old seed packets out there and start a pretty wildflower spread 🤩

@kez001uk it already is a thing, just not as widely practiced as I'd like! I suppose Ellen Willmott was the first guerilla gardener, chucking eryngium giganteum seeds everywhere the cheeky mare 🙊 Good idea you've got, if you can reach to lightly rake first 🌱

@gardengimp I had no idea. Never heard of it until you said before. Could have taken credit for it 😉

Okaaaay. Triple headed beast. Check. 📝✔ #mullein #justmulleinitover 09/06/20

Love verbascum but not seen this one. Looked back and it’s beautiful 💛

@kez001uk it didn't flower last year and its come back as a triple headed monster 👹

The caterpillars 🐛 ate mine and they looked just like this 🐛 😭

Aw no! 😖 @sharonhayden I spent a fortnight squashing caterpillars last year but I was lucky it had already flowered.

Yuk!! I chucked mine over the wall for the chickens 😂😂

@sharonhayden good idea! 😂 It was Lesser Yellow Underwing moth caterpillars I had. They're becoming an absolute menace every year.

@gardengimp can’t wait to see it in full bloom 🤩

Had this in mine years ago it was like a triffid so I sneakily moved it to neighbours year after it grew she said what the Hecks that 😂😂😂 guess she wasn't a lover 😄

Its going to look a bit odd @kez001uk especially behind a sea of yellow achillea. I should have moved it but curiosity got the better of me 😀

@cyndi i bought mine as a rescue, I just did the easy part and planted it 😀 Hope I didn't wake you with notifications btw eek

@Keely 😂😂 what's not to like about a free plant (unless its bindweed) Haters gonna hate 😀😀

#verbascum #biennial #biennials #yellowflowers-

#verbascum

Oh I has this once ended up digging it out n putting it in neighbours it was like a triffid 😁

😂 I really like it @keely 😀 I was thinking what to replace it with when its done, but I'll probably get another one!😁

Mine came back in neighbours garden so you may not need to replace it I hated it was far too big for my little border neighbour wondered what the heck it was year after 😂😂😂

#verbascum Enormous phallus enjoying the rain and getting bigger 🍆😳

Cataloging this enormous beast. Hoping to add a dollop of yellow between the purples and mauves. #verbascum #biennial

😂😂😂 I'm looking forward to this one @columbiariver, never had room for them before until now

I'll keep updating its progress Laura @columbiariver 👍🏻You can probably see its started its climb. I should really sow some now in time for next year, or cheat and buy one 😉