Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Wednesday Vignette, verbascum

We visited Panayoti Kelaidis' garden as part of the the 2019 Garden Bloggers Fling, when we arrived our buses parked in a lot adjacent to this field. I had to laugh at such a signature Panayoti plant appearing in a field across from his home and garden. It would be like agaves growing in an empty lot next to my house...

Well okay not exactly like. I mean verbascum seed themselves around quite prolifically. Agaves not so much, at least not in Portland, Oregon.

And yes I do think Panayoti had something to do with this...

A full look at Panayoti's amazing garden will be the subject of tomorrow's blog post.

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17 comments:

  1. Have to laugh, as you know he loves those even if he did not in fact plant them. He visited our garden a few years ago which was quite a thrill.

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    1. I remember his visiting your garden, how fun!

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  2. I love that plant, but doubt it would like my garden much. I'll admire it from afar. Also, envious that you got to experience his garden in person. I bet that was amazing!

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    1. It was wonderful, a little wild, lots of great plants.

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  3. Looking forward to tomorrow's post. Can never figure out why Verbascum are so expensive to purchase when they seed themselves around so prolifically.

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  4. Such a furry and sweet plant. Looking forward to tomorrow's garden tour.

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    1. Almost like a pet. I don't recall ever seeing any in your garden?

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  5. I grew this verbascum many years ago, before I knew anything about plants. Back then, I feel in love with the soft fuzz of the leafs. The flower spike was a total surprise as was the fact it was a biannual. Still, it was great fun to have in the garden.

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    1. I've had them take much longer than 2 years to bloom, which is kind of nice actually.

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  6. I love Verbascums and wish they did better here. I try a new one every couple of years looking for one that might be happy for at least a little while.

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    1. I wonder what they don't like? They aren't needy, they are weeds a lot of eastern Oregon and Washington.

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  7. Can't wait until tomorrow's post. Mullein aka Verbascum thapsus was common where I grew up in the eastern burbs of Denver - I just read it's a Eurasian native and not from North America. But the way it reseeds all over the western US... It looks like a good candidate for use in a larger variety of creative designs, at least in town where it won't spread into wild areas.

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    1. In many places V thapsus is listed as noxious so have to be careful with it.

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    2. I hadn't heard of Verbascum thapsus prior, thanks David.

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  8. Great vignette! While Mullein is not prevalent here in my part of the state, it's very common in parts of Wisconsin where the soil is sandy (we have lots of it growing wild up at the cottage). I enjoy it, even though it's not native and reseeds readily. It's not very invasive, just opportunistic. Looking forward to your next post!

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    1. "not very invasive, just opportunistic"...that's an important distinction, thanks Beth!

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