Verbascum chaixii ‘Sixteen Candles’
at Digging Dog

Verbascum

Mullein

This genus has a host of common names, including ‘Beggar’s Blanket’ and ‘Old Man’s Flannel’. In England, the very poor used to put the thick leaves into their shoes for warmth. It is also said that when fish eat the seeds, they are stupefied and can be gathered by hand.

Although most of the more than 300 species are biennials, our offerings are perennials. Though some are dwarfs and some are giants, nearly all have fuzzy stamens and prefer very well drained sandy or rocky soil. We like to use them in the rock garden as specimens or for naturalizing.

Verbascum chaixii ‘Sixteen Candles’ 

Grounded by gray-green rosettes, these upstanding candelabras of copious, violet-eyed, sunshine-hued flowers stage a truly incandescent spectacle. Irregular scallops, net-veining and long petioles define its dynamic large basal leaves. Preferring a somewhat dry, well drained site, ‘Sixteen Candles’s proud yellow spires command attention alongside Nepeta reichenbachiana.

Blooms June–August.

Size: 3-1/4' high x 2' wide; hardy to zone 5.

Verbascum chaixii ‘Sixteen Candles’ (P-1287)
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Other selections in this genus

• Verbascum chaixii ‘Wedding Candles’
• Verbascum ‘Clementine’
• Verbascum ‘Gainsborough’
• Verbascum ‘Golden Wings’
• Verbascum hybridum ‘Wega’
• Verbascum nigrum ‘Album’
• Verbascum olympicum
• Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Flush of White’
• Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Rosetta’
• Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Violetta’
• Verbascum ‘Pink Domino’
• Verbascum ‘White Domino’