Question: Hello, this plant is growing in a landscape bed that used to be full of pachysandra. The pachysandra mysteriously died …
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Question
Hello, this plant is growing in a landscape bed that used to be full of pachysandra. The pachysandra mysteriously died last summer, and now I have four of these plants in the bed. I have no idea what they are or how they got there. I am in Westchester County, NY (not exactly New England, but just a stone's throw from CT). Many thanks in advance.
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Dear cfullan, you have a basal rosette of Verbascum thapsus (common mullein). This is a common, weedy species of human-disturbed habitats. It is a biennial and will flower, fruit, and then senesce in its second year of life.
