August 22, 2019 My Mullein, the White Rose of Scotland, Edward Beard Budding, Jacob Weidenmann, National Eat a Peach Day, Cecil Day-Lewis, Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar, Sprucing Up Ironwork, and a Story about Elephant Ears
At the cabin, a Mullein has seeded itself in one of my beds and I'm letting it grow.
(I was touring gardens in Washington DC a few years ago and the garden had a section for Mulleins. It was so pretty.)
On more than one occasion, I have had to rescue it - to make sure that no one in the family pulled it or weed-whacked it. Now, there it stands; 6 feet tall, big leaves, soft as lamb's ears, and the yellow florets are just starting to pop out from the flower spike.
If you look closely at Mulleins, they have these little fine hairs on the very soft leaves. The purpose of those little fine hairs…
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