Verbascum 'Honey Dijon'
mullein
- 9cm pot
- £12.99
- available to order from spring
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- Standard £5.99
- Position: full sun
- Soil: moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to September
- Hardiness: fully hardy (but short-lived)
With its graceful spikes smothered in clusters of peach and gold flowers featuring a plum-purple eye, Verbascum 'Honey Dijon' is a short-lived perennial that adds vibrant colour to sunny borders and small gardens.
Blooming from late spring to late summer when properly deadheaded, its elegant flower stalks rise from a low-growing rosette of dark green leaves. This compact, semi-evergreen plant thrives as a vertical accent at the front of borders, and is hardy and bee-friendly.
Blooming from late spring to late summer when properly deadheaded, its elegant flower stalks rise from a low-growing rosette of dark green leaves. This compact, semi-evergreen plant thrives as a vertical accent at the front of borders, and is hardy and bee-friendly.
Plant in full sun or light shade in well-drained soil, spacing plants to allow good airflow. Water regularly while establishing, then only during prolonged dry spells, as they dislike wet, winter ground conditions.
Deadhead spent flower stems promptly to encourage repeat flowering, and leave the basal rosette intact over winter, tidying back in spring when new growth appears.
Mullein moth caterpillars can be a problem, so pick off the insects in early June as soon as they appear. Remove faded flower spikes if you do not want them to self-seed.
Deadhead spent flower stems promptly to encourage repeat flowering, and leave the basal rosette intact over winter, tidying back in spring when new growth appears.
Mullein moth caterpillars can be a problem, so pick off the insects in early June as soon as they appear. Remove faded flower spikes if you do not want them to self-seed.