
Mulleins! As far as the eye can see - and in the middle of it all is a person with a straw hat and a hoe. Like a painting by Matisse, at least if you ignore the minibus at the edge of the field. Unusual – and yet there are similar fields in some places in Germany. These majestic candles bloom in Hohenlohe, a farming area with a harsh climate in Baden-Württemberg. As a rule, corn, barley, rapeseed and fattening farms characterize the picture here. Colorful fields of wild plants are the exception. It's not just mullein that stands out. Rieger-Hofmann also grows mallow, wild grasses, clovers and hundreds of other meadow herbs here, just like gladioli and broccoli elsewhere. The Hohenlohe company is one of the largest and oldest among the 120 wild seed producers