http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/07/01/new-verbascum-from-great-dixter.aspxJudging the verbascum trial at Wisley recently, a splendid new introduction caught my eye. Many of the plants in the trial had died during the winter – sadly, many are not as hardy as we’re led to believe and this trial has proved the point – but a newCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 30415.43)http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/07/01/new-verbascum-from-great-dixter.aspx#23135Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:31:27 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:23135Graham Rice<p>I don&#39;t see why not. It&#39;s hardy at Great Dixter on their clay so it would certainly be with a try in Lancashire. Good drainage always helps, of course.</p> <img src="http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/aggbug.aspx?PostID=23135" width="1" height="1">http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/graham_rice/archive/2008/07/01/new-verbascum-from-great-dixter.aspx#22627Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:57:32 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:22627Digger<p>What a wonderful story, do you think the verbascum would be fully hardy in Lancashire?</p> <img src="http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/aggbug.aspx?PostID=22627" width="1" height="1">