Cobra beats fox

There's something magestic, cobra-like, about verbascums, rising early before the foxgloves. Some years the spring's a bit wet for them, but they've enjoyed the recent dry weather.

Iris Verbascum

           A hot dry spell, allowing iris and verbascum to bloom.

Outdoor Floral

A few days of fine weather, allowing verbascum and irises to bloom.

Verbascum phoeniceum

Also known as the purple mullein, this verbascum comes back year after year, no matter how cold the winter, but never quite this early.

Flowery

Verbascum

It's been too wet in recent years for this verbascum, but this year it's put on a good bloom.