No pretreatment required. DO NOT COVER SEED AS LIGHT REQUIRED FOR GERMINATION. soil temp 70-72F taking 14-21 days to germinate. flowers 1st year from seed if started early.

I used to live near Dayton, OH and with the soils we have in SW Ohio (very high clay content) its often difficult to get the drainage required to grow verbascum long-term, in my experience. They like lean, gritty, well-drained soil - they are great in rock gardens. In my garden our clay would just become saturated in the spring and winter months, which would kill mine off. The spot that mine thrived, alongside with lavender and thyme was alongside our front walkway and our driveway - it was hot and full sun there, and to make it worse - they backfilled with almost pure sand instead of topsoil!! I was pretty annoyed at first, but tried out the aforementioned species and they just thrived in the quick-draining sandy substrate. Verbascums don't like soggy roots - that'll be the death of them. If you want to grow them I'd recommend mixing some sand and pea gravel into the soil all around them - even setting the rootball on a couple inches of pea gravel for drainage. Give them full sun. Hope that helps. ~Mike

This is a picture of my son (several years ago) sitting on the clock that his GREAT grandfather had built in front of their family jewelry store...My FIL ran the jewelry store for years until his retirement, then it was passed to a nephew and now since no one wants it...it has closed this year after 75 years...a legacy is gone...but thank GOD for pictures and the clock will always be there...When they redid the roads they went out around the clock! This is in historic New Bern, North Carolina...I'm sure if you do a search you can find some really great pictures...the downtown area is really quaint and lots of people have gone in and revitalized the older buildings! Good Luck on your quest!

I am so wanting southern charms mullein..can anybody help me out?..Judy