Verbascum chaixii Croatian Blood Panax our four-year-old clumps of Silene

our four-year-old clumps of Silene 'Jackson Valentine' are still prospering

dark green leaves that are slightly twisted and mildly contorted

Nomenclature

Atop the 18" stalk in early spring sits an obscenely large

it's bodacious

Verbascum chaixii Croatian Blood Panax our four-year-old clumps of Silene(aka: Verbascum A1BLK 070) Verbascum chaixii 'Croatian Blood' is a seed strain of the perennial mullein from our 2012 expedition to Croatia, where we spotted it growing in an open rocky field of hellebores at 2,500' elevation, just past the town of Vrhovine. The parent plant had blood red stems as well as color that seeped into the base of the leaves. The clumps of Verbascum chaixii 'Croatian Blood' are adorned with large, triangular, fuzzy, green