These plants have grown for the second year. I don't not know what it is called. The Leaves have a furry feel to them and the stem has a small yellow flower. Thanks
Your alledged unknown plant is a common weed. Verbascum thapsus The big furry rosettes show such great promise until they bloom. If someone could hybridize it with some of the more floriferous species in the genus, that could be something really special.
Hybrid-looking mulleins have been seen growing spontaneously here. I showed a local botanist a whole patch of them once. The following year a car dealership filled the spot and put cars on it. Jacobson, Wild Plants of Greater Seattle - Second Edition reports that If it hybridizes with garden species, the offspring are sterile
Thanks guys for the info. My wife said it was a weed and we should get rid of it. Me being me I wanted to find out more about the plant, just in case it developed into something interesting. There is a moral to this tail, "never doubt the word of your wife" ( it prolongs a long harmonius relationship)
Some people like Mullein, most don't. Here its considered a weed and a very prolific one at that. They reseed themselves with abandon and grow anywhere.
There is a smaller wild variety called Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria). Its much shorter. This is the type I found commercial seeds for from a company called Botanical Interests. http://ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/verbascumblat.html
The term "mullein" is not limited to the introduced V. thapsus, nor does it include only V. blattaria. There are many species and cultivars of mullein, Verbascum, in cultivation. They range in form from tall "statement plants" to those suitable for the rock garden. Yes, in general, they are very prolific bloomers and heavy seeders.
>There is a smaller wild variety called Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)< Like V. thapsus moth mullein is Eurasian in origin.
