This is last year's Mullein in the driveway.  Like ox-eye daisies, Mullein establishes a rosette of leaves the first year, and blooms in its second year.  Unlike ox-eye daisies, it gets huge!!!!  This plant is almost as tall as I am, and the base is at least 10 feet around.  I LOVE IT!!!!  

 

So, of course, last year when the old one went to seed, I walked all around the yard shaking the seed heads.  And, this year we not only have this big one in its bloom year, we have lots of little ones all over the place.  

 

Here is my driveway:

 

 

Baby Mulleins coming up all over.  And just think:  next year they will be 5 feet tall, and 10 feet in circumference!!!!  I love my life on the mountain.  We have lots of space to grow whatever we like.  OK, maybe we will weed some of them out.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!