Dark Mullein Seeds (Verbascum nigrum)

Biennial plant with yellow flowers and purple centre. Likes dry soils and gravelly places, favours calcareous soils. Can grow to over a metre. Perennial. A lovely plant - much admired in our garden. A rosette of leaves throws up a spike of rich yellow flowers with orange anthers, grow in herbaceous border.

Flowers: June - September

Requires: Sun and well-drained soil.

Height: 15- 45cm.

Seeds per gram; 11000