This is just one of the myriad of individual flowers covering the elegant spikes of Verbascum chaxii. Beautiful in entirety, wonderful in isolation.
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Off The Edge Gardening 
Very pretty! Verbascum bombyciferum is a volunteer in my garden, six feet tall and sprouting up in unexpected places such as the gravel covered parking spot. It’s an odd looking plant, but I’m fond of it.
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I love them! Do you get the mullein moth caterpillars over there?
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No, thank heavens; or at least not yet. I’ve got some kind of moth that wants to get into rice, oats, barley, etc. I have to make sure everything is stored in moth-proof packaging. I’ve never had this problem in my cupboards before. Ugh.
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After my smug comments in September that the Mullein Moths ate my Buddleja – they have subsequently found my Verbascums! I have the white chaxii and a yellow form, or does that go under a different name?
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I think the white one is chaxii Album, these were from seed and all came out white (so far). Also not a single moth (so far). Hope they your caterpillars aren’t too hungry 🙂
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They have been, there was obviously not enough to eat on the Buddleja!
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