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Profile Image Joan Anderton

Greenadvice

I've gardened most of my married life just learning as I go along, so 47 years of learning and there is still so much I don't know,

Verbascum

  • Season Icon Mid SummerMid Summer 2016
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Greenadvice

Is this caterpillar friend or foe to my verbascum?

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nikla

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/caterpillar-identification-chart.html

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nikla

I think it's this one- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullein_moth

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Greenadvice

Whoops it's a pest then, I haven't got the heart to kill it, will I regret this? Mom maybe

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marymary1

Where's there's one, there are usually lots. Keep an eye out. They stripped my verbascum one year.

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  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2016
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Greenadvice

I'm sure someone on Gardeners world, Joe Swift, I think said he didn't like verbascum's this plant lifts my spirits every time I go in the garden, I love verbascum's.

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ianshaw

@Greenadvice I've been mullein over this. Maybe he does't like the caterpillars

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Greenadvice

Really, I don't get caterpillars on mine.

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