Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: What is this plant and do I want it (see reader's photo)? I just found it growing in my backyard. I did not plant it, but I think it is interesting. A: The plant in question is a common mullein, ...

– Biennial plant that produces a rosette of large, thick, fuzzy leaves the first year and a single stout erect stem 2-feet tall to 6-feet tall the second year. – Leaves are light green and very wooly.

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 ...