today ’ photo is from Erle Nickel in Oakland , California . He says , “ No , that ’s not a snow drift blanketing this industrial plant . It ’s the intriguingVerbascum bombyciferum‘Arctic Summer . ’ aboriginal to Greece , it sport a large rosette of silvery grey-haired foliage and in summertime five ft tall blossom spikes that front all the world like spun cotton plant . smart chickenhearted flowers seem to be escaping from their white cocoon . A showstopper for a sunny bottom . ” This plant is dauntless in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 - 9.Thanks , Erle , for send in this great shot !
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Click here to enlarge this photo.Photo/Illustration: Erle Nickel

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