Description

Verbascum Pink Domino description

Lovely upright pink flowers in the summer.

A pollinator friendly plant including bees.
This is a butterfly friendly plant.

How easy is it to grow:
This is good for the middle of a sunny border, cottage garden, or wildlife garden and it is very easy in a free draining soil.
This has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit [1]. To win this impressive accolade the plants must have outstanding excellence for decorating a garden, be robust, not require highly specialist growing conditions or care and not be particularly susceptible to any pest or disease.

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Common name: Mullein Pink Domino.

Also known as: Verbascum bombyciferum Pink Domino,  Verbascum phoenicum Pink Domino and Verbascum chaixii Pink Domino

The best position in the garden:

Prefers sun.

Is it useful as a ground cover plant?

Yes, it will fill a small gap.

What type of soil:

Well drained soil, also tolerates chalky soil.

How much moisture:

Normal, or dryish stony.

Hardiness and, or, lifespan:

Hardy.

Care and maintenance:

When newly planted always keep it watered until the roots have grown down and it is able to find its own moisture.
Trim off old flower stems.
It can get Powdery Mildew – cut off infected leaves.

Size of plant:

Height 150 cm.
Spread 50 cm.

Planting density – to calculate how many plants are required in a planting scheme:

Allow 4 plants per square metre.

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