Juodoji tūbė – Verbascum nigrum

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Juodoji tūbė
Latin plant name	Verbascum nigrum L.
English plant name	Dark Mullein
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Groups Wild plant parterre Combination with woody plants Solitaire
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	middle height – 41- 60 cm tall - 61-80 cm very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	gray
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints red, red tints
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. The flower is a short life plant, so propagation by scrub division is not advisable. 7000-7500 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in beds in Spring or Autumn. Self-sowing flower.