VERBASCUM (Cotswold Group) 'Cotswold Beauty'
Large
Sun
Orange
Reasonable soil
Summer
Pollinator friendly
Description
Verbascum (Cotswold Group) 'Cotswold Beauty'
Height x Spread: 120cm x 75cm
V.'Cotswold Beauty' has delightful apricot flowers with beautiful purple stamens, during the summer months. This short lived perennial has a basal rosette of broadly ovate, hirsute green leaves beneath the tall flowering stems. Remove the spent flowering stems to the base of the plant to encourage a second flush of flower.
Verbascum, commonly known as Mullein, can thrive in any reasonable, free-draining soil. It prefers a neutral to alkaline pH. Root cuttings can be taken to propagate 'Cotswold Beauty'. This Verbascum is perfect for gravel gardens, coastal locations or your beds and borders.
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