Mullein is too good a plant to be called a weed. Instead, call it by one of its 40 nicknames, such as Adam’s flannel, candlewick, hare’s beard, velvet plant, feltwort, or lungwort. If you are not ...

The Mullein is too good a plant to be called a weed. The leaves are large, greyish and covered with fine hairs that make the leaves as soft as felt. The only thing weedy about mullein is that it is so ...

I have a small patch of woods behind my house that has a lovely assortment of spring wildflowers. In recent springs, I've noticed garlic mustard growing in the woods. Do I need to worry? I see lots of ...

“This plant grew in a pot behind my shed. It’s quite large, and the leaves remind me of lamb’s ear. What is it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Martha Giguere of Corunna, Michigan. Gardening expert ...

Common mullein has grayish-green, velvety leaves and a strikingly tall, thick flower stalk. Vicky McMillan Special to The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette The mullein had finished blooming, and ...

However, unless you’re trying to grow a home remedy for tuberculosis, common mullein should not be left to spread across your yard and neighborhood. Since it only reproduces by seed, the plant can be ...

There’s a summer plant that always seems to show up uninvited in Southwest landscapes, causing many gardeners consternation. On the one hand, this plant does not fit in with your garden design; on the ...

We’ll need a net, stringer, tackle box, and some common mullein. Hold on. Common mullein? What does this weed have to do with fishing? Common mullein, or simply mullein, has long been used as a fish ...

Is this a giant lamb’s ears? It showed up on its own. Common mullein, a sun-loving weed also called cowboy toilet paper, is in great abundance this year ironically. We don’t recommend it for that ...

Mullein is too good a plant to be called a weed. Instead, call it by one of its nicknames, such as Adam's flannel, candlewick, hare's beard, velvet plant, feltwort, or lungwort. If you are not ...

Mullein is too good a plant to be called a weed. If you are not familiar with mullein, look around and you're bound to see its spires of buttery yellow flowers rising 6 feet, or more, high along ...