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Seedy Subjects! => Seeds Wanted => Topic started by: gordon julian on April 01, 2011, 11:26:50 AM

Title: Verbascum acaule seeds wanted
Post by: gordon julian on April 01, 2011, 11:26:50 AM

Would like to obtain true seeds of Verbascum acaule,yellow flowers,almost prostate foliage,
Gordon Julian,Tasmania,Australia

Title: Re: Verbascum acaule seeds wanted
Post by: fermi de Sousa on April 02, 2011, 08:57:04 AM

You're not the only one, Gordon!
Let me know if you have any luck!
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Verbascum acaule seeds wanted
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 02, 2011, 10:57:02 PM

Join the queue Gordon. I used to have this and it has been available very occasionally in NZ but not recently. I usually got enough seeds to carry on as it's not long-lived but eventually lost it altogether. Since then I've had 3 different species under that name (from the seed exchanges), two were tall biennials which seeded everywhere and the most recent, a smaller, shrubby species which I think may be the same "dwarf" form of V. arcturi I had years ago. It is a nice thing about 30cms in height in flower, though not fully hardy in the open. Otherwise, I've had a couple of things not even remotely related to as verbascum.