It is a weed.
It looked so interesting, so promising, so sculptural.
Sleet and snow and heavy winds couldn't topple it.
Now a new one is growing.
Shall I let it continue to grow? My friends are shaking their heads.
I'm told that it is a noxious weed.
Germans call it Königskerze
(King's Candle).
What do you call it?
Stay safe and be well dear friends,
Gina
Dear Gina - I have them popping up in my garden too - we call them Verbascum common name mullein - yours is a particularly fine specimen - a giant Verbascum.
ReplyDeleteDear Rosemary,
ReplyDeleteHow interesting. I am so delighted that you have them growing in your garden. as well. Verbascum sounds so familiar because I have a different variety growing in one of my flower beds, just didn't know that they belong to the same family because they don't look anything like my interloper.
So my motto to my friends will be 'if Rosemary has Verbascum growing in her garden' than I should be grateful that they have found their way into mine.
I love that TALL plant - next year I must get some seeds and try them in my garden. I used to see them in English gardens but have never seen them here. Did your plants just pop up from rogue seeds perhaps brought by birds Gina? I just knew Rosemary would have the answer - I would so love to see her garden some day - in fact the three of us would just make great gardening buddies!
ReplyDeleteI see beautiful flowering pots, and dainty chamomile coming up between the stepping stones.
Love and hugs - Sadie looks awesome too!
Dear Mary,
DeleteYes this TALL plant showed up between the stones in early Spring. I get a lot of help from birds and strong winds. Now I see several juvenile plants appearing. I will make sure that I will save lots of seeds for you. Chamomile is my most favorite tea. The plant loves growing between stones. It is time for me to harvest it.
I would like nothing more than for us to pack our bags and visit with Rosemary in her beautiful garden. Rosemary has shared glimpses of her garden with us which makes it even more tantalizing. Between traveling and gardening, the three of us would make a fine trio.
Sadie appears and disappears in a flash. I'm always surprised when I see her in my photos.
What a magnificent and courageous plant to grow all alone in your stone walkway. Glad to read of Rosemary's identification. Nature is always full of surprises.
ReplyDeleteDear Lorrie,
ReplyDeleteThanks to Rosemary I can now tell my friends that my mystery plant is a "particularly fine specimen of Verbascum" and not a noxious weed.
These are growing wild across the street from me and in the cracks between the street and the curb.
ReplyDeleteI think they are very structural and stately and now that I see that they seed so easily I might have to pop across the street and gather a few of their seed pods for myself!
Hello Elizabeth.
DeleteGood Idea. Since mine planted themselves (and I don't know where they came from) I can not give any suggestions as to how to grow them. I don't see them growing wild anywhere near my fields. Often birds help me out in my garden plantings. Good Luck