This useful and beautiful biennial re-seeds on its own and can be invasive, though its tendency to pioneer on disturbed ground with poor soil can make it a welcome interloper. Basal rosette of large downy leaves the first year – “cowboy toilet paper” – makes way for a 2nd year flowering stalk that can reach 7 feet. Yellow flowers attract pollinators all summer. Many traditional medicinal uses include a smoking mixture of leaves for lungs and an oil infusion of flowers for earache.
Verbascum thapsus
Approx. 200 seeds per packet
Grown in Potter Valley, Mendocino County, California
Certified Organic by CCOF
Open-pollinated, non-GMO
Reviews (24)
Average:
May 27, 2024
Dang. I couldn't get them to sprout. Maybe my fault or could've been the seeds themselves. I tossed the rest of them into my garden so maybe they'll come up one day.
Allen Wing
Nov 20, 2022
Jeanne Sepeda
Feb 15, 2022
Patricia Francis
Feb 11, 2022
meganm324
Oct 26, 2021
Beautiful seeds as always. Arrived fast and well packaged.
Amanda Bielski-Wright