Great coneflower, Rudbeckia maxima, is native to the south. These, planted next to the rain gauge, are 8 feet tall. It is also called cabbage leaf coneflower in reference to it's large silvery-blue leaves.
Common or wooly mullien, Verbascum thapsus, is an European native, introduced and naturalized in the US for it's medicinal uses. This one, growing near the coneflower, is almost as tall as the cone flower. When the girls were small, we called it "fuzzy monster" because it has very fuzzy leaves. I just found out that mullien is a very good plant for moths, both adults and larvae. Some studies suggest that moths are better pollinators than butterflies.
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