Some people use mullein flowers and leaves to make oil or tea. Possible benefits include antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. There are some safety tips you should keep in mind. The mullein ...

A simple caffeine-free tea that was once thought to have power over witches, evil spirits and other occult creatures is currently vanquishing coughs, colds and sore throats. Nearly 2,000 years ago ...

What are those tall yellow flowers by the roadside? Learn to identify common mullein, and delve into why some gardeners don't ...

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, feltwort, or lungwort. If you are not ...

The plant: Like lamb’s ear, the large, velvety leaves of mullein invite you to give them a rub. Because of its textured leaves, mullein is also called old man’s flannel, velvet dock, bunny’s ears and ...

Did you know a roadside weed, Verbascum Thapsus, or common mullein, can serve as a valuable garden accent and useful herb? Why not watch for it this coming summer to see if it's something you'd like ...

Look along roadsides or any disturbed areas with some open ground, and you are likely to see common mullein, blooming huge spikes of cheery yellow flowers. We have some growing in the bare patches ...

I now know you can’t judge a book by its cover. I almost managed to overlook my review copy of “Backyard Medicine”by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal (Skyhorse Publishing, 2009); however, one ...

While leafing through "The Forest and the Sea" by Marston Bates, I was struck by a chapter titled "Improbable Animals." In it the author discusses something near and dear to my heart: the difficulty ...

One sure sign of midsummer is the popping up of tall spikes along highways, byways, fields and farmlands. For some reason, maybe it's because they have no equivalent of similar stature, I always ...