Verbascum phoeniceum | Violetta Floret’s farm Orientalis has many varieties

Orientalis has many varieties

flower beds or for the Flower Farmer for cut flowers

A great flower for attracting butterflies and bees to your garden

Clumps bulk up relatively quickly and are easily split in late summer to early autumn to provide you with more plants

Hundreds of aster-like blossoms on a single plant are about 2

Verbascum phoeniceum | Violetta Floret’s farm Orientalis has many varietiesAn evergreen perennial this very pretty Verbascum Violetta has flat faced rich violet coloured flowers held on airy spikey stems. Flowering from late spring to summer the flowers stems rise proudly above the flat rosette of leaves. This Verbascum is shorter than many we do but still a stunning addition to the garden. Vita Sackville West wrote in 1936 that her verbascums looked as though 'a colony of tiny butterflies had settled all over them'.