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  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    We keep a couple of the Greater Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in the area where we have an abundance of Verbascum chaixii as the thapsus attracts the moth away from the chaixii.
     
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      shiney, May 30, 2025
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    • Purple Streaks

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      This too is a verbascum a very pretty one ,the seeds have a really hard covering. I used to send my collected seed to the cottage garden society. It takes a while to get the thousand s of the tiny, sèed as the outer covering is hard .

      I now collect the long stems and spray gold and silver for Christmas decorations.
       
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