One of the great biennials that grow wild in our garden is the Great Mullein - Verbascum thaspus - well that self seed in our garden - I assume that they are wild as I have only seen them wild in Scotland and they thrive here though we never really try to get rid of them - anywhere and everywhere so Tipperty is clearly a great habitat for them. At least I think that it is V. thapsis and not V pulverulentum - the Hoary Mullein - I must double check some time.
In the wild and where there is no check to the growth it can get up close to 6 ft tall - this is a wild one at the Burn o' Vat just outside Ballater.
Well this year I decided to go for something a bit more cultivated and tried the variety known as Banana and Custard and also the Verbascum phoencia var. and other hybrids from seeds. The phoenicia seem to have done really well with at least two flowering already (one purple, one pink - the pink is just about visible in one of the pictures below) and many plants - unfortunately the bunny mowers like the flower stems if not the leaves so I don't know if we will ever get anything more than interesting vegetation. There are now three large patches of transplants and a couple of minor ones around the place - I wonder how they will do after the disturbance.
