“This plant grew in a pot behind my shed. It’s quite large, and the leaves remind me of lamb’s ear. What is it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Martha Giguere of Corunna, Michigan. Gardening expert ...

Common mullein has grayish-green, velvety leaves and a strikingly tall, thick flower stalk. Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette The mullein had finished blooming, and ...

We’ll need a net, stringer, tackle box, and some common mullein. Hold on. Common mullein? What does this weed have to do with fishing? Common mullein, or simply mullein, has long been used as a fish ...

– Biennial plant that produces a rosette of large, thick, fuzzy leaves the first year and a single stout erect stem 2-feet tall to 6-feet tall the second year. – Leaves are light green and very wooly.

Is this a giant lamb’s ears? It showed up on its own. Common mullein, a sun-loving weed also called cowboy toilet paper, is in great abundance this year ironically. We don’t recommend it for that ...

Recently, common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) seems to be ubiquitous: on roadsides, abandoned lots and even popping up in manicured landscapes. I get why gardeners might find it attractive; with fuzzy ...

However, unless you’re trying to grow a home remedy for tuberculosis, common mullein should not be left to spread across your yard and neighborhood. Since it only reproduces by seed, the plant can be ...

Cowboy’s Toilet Paper, Our Lady’s Candle, Bunny’s Ear, Beggar’s Blanket, & Quaker’s Rouge are just a few nicknames for Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), a member of the snapdragon family. You will ...

One sure sign of midsummer is the popping up of tall spikes along highways, byways, fields and farmlands. For some reason, maybe it's because they have no equivalent of similar stature, I always ...