A regular reader wrote in with her comments on the mulleins mentioned in a previous week’s column: Q: Thank you for your column July 8 where you wrote about host plants needed for a complete butterfly ...

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 ...

Look along roadsides or any disturbed areas with some open ground, and you are likely to see common mullein, blooming huge spikes of cheery yellow flowers. We have some growing in the bare patches ...

If you're enthusiastic about staying on top of trends that are pleasing to the senses in all possible ways, you're always on the lookout for plants that add visual appeal. Consider a plant that is ...

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 ...

When verbascum varieties (mulleins) are at their best in summer, they form incredible spires of yellow, peach, pink, or white. Resembling huge candelabras of flowers, these architectural beauties ...

– 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.

The plant: Like lamb’s ear, the large, velvety leaves of mullein invite you to give them a rub. Because of its textured leaves, mullein is also called old man’s flannel, velvet dock, bunny’s ears and ...