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Hardiness: USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Bloom Color: Pale Pink Pale Yellow White/Near White
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Foliage: Evergreen Veined
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting: Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds
On May 4, 2006, muddpuppy from Starkville, MS wrote:
An incredibly hardy flower here in the alkaline clay soils of Zone 7. I've observed both yellow and white forms growing wild by the roadside in poor soil no more than 1/2 inch deep. This year it showed up in my horse pasture, possibly bird-planted. Very shallow rooted, transplants happily even when in bloom.
On Jan 29, 2006, Gabrielle from Washington, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
This is a very pretty little mullein that will grow all over the place if you let it. My information says that it is hardy in zones 4-9. It is definitely evergreen here in zone 5.
A biennial plant from Central and Southern Europe.
Has broadly lance shaped or oblong, deep green, wrinkled, toothed leaves borne in a rosette. Bears tall, slender spikes of yellow flowers with reddish-purple, hairy filaments all through summer, followed by reddish, round pods that are full of little seeds.
Flowers mainly June - September
Loves a well drained soil in sun and a slightly sheltered aspect due to their height. They even manage to reseed on our clay soil and survive the Southern English wet winters.
Very easy to please, long flowering and with seed pods that also add colour to the border.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Agoura Hills, California North Fork, California Archer, Florida Washington, Illinois Flora, Indiana Benton, Kentucky Eupora, Mississippi Starkville, Mississippi Vincentown, New Jersey Salem, Oregon Scio, Oregon Springfield, Oregon Springboro, Pennsylvania Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Fairview, Tennessee Lenoir City, Tennessee
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