New finds in my yard. I let the second plant grow as I'm not sure if it is a weed or not. It feels much like a silver mound, but has a flower head. The other one made itself at home in my yard this year. Annual? Perrenial? Weed?
I agree on the gnaphalium, but am not convinced of the other. Don't they have yellow flowers? I will have to do more research.
Lila is correct, garden cultivars of Verbascum now come in many different shades.Yes, the wild form Verbascum thapsus has yellow flowers. See.... http://images.google.com/images?q=v...1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi http://images.google.com/images?hl=...q=verbascum thapsus&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
The red centre to the flower is a character of Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria) cultivars; white flowers are also common in this species.
Thanks folks! I had looked on the internet, but apparently not in the right places as I only cam up with the second set of images Silver Surfer sent. Yes, indeed it is verbascum. I like it! I think I will keep it!!
