Great mullein
Verbascum thapsus
In Dutch: Koningskaars
Annuals & biennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.3 to 2 m
- Spread
- 10 to 50 cm
- Full grown after
- 1 to 2 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Dry and free-draining, preferably with lime
- Water
- Little: dry soil is fine
- Maintenance
- Low: no pruning needed
- Flowers
- July to October, pale yellow
- For bees
- Yes: pollen, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Stay green: the rosette overwinters
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as is known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3 to €4 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- all year
- Flower
- July to October
- Fruit
- August to February