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Godzilla Plant - Help

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Verbascum leaves are a bit greyer I think - or at least mine are. I think it looks like a humungous fox glove!
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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    Looks more like a verbascum from the back! Mine can reach 5+ feet in my garden.
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    hogweed said:
    Looks more like a verbascum from the back! Mine can reach 5+ feet in my garden.
    That’s my thought too ... looks more like foxglove at the front, verbascum from the back ... amazing the difference light can make ...

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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Verbascums are often transformed into unsightly specimens by the caterpillars of the Mullein Moth (Cucullia verbasci) .
    For this reason I stopped growing them .
  • SheleenSheleen Posts: 51
    Does the mullien moth decimate other plants - or just stay on the Verbascum?
  • Ksutherland88Ksutherland88 Posts: 7
    Sheleen said:
    Does the mullien moth decimate other plants - or just stay on the Verbascum?
    They are also partial to buddleia. Luckily mine are separated by my house, so should be safe
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It looks like a mullein to me, even though it seems to be on steroids.  It should have yellow flowers in a spike if it is.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Sheleen said:
    Does the mullien moth decimate other plants - or just stay on the Verbascum?
    Yes , they're partial to the Figworts as well (Scophularia sp..) ; although these are commonly encountered around lake and pond margins .Popular with wasps and not often grown in gardens . Maybe a plant for an aquatic or wildlife garden .

  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    There are loads of verbascums, small ones, tall ones, pink ones, yellow ones..and they are in same family as foxgloves so quite a bit of similarity.  But your triffid is a verbascum to me...
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Apologies .....that should read Scrophularia . Typing error .
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