Specialty Gardening: Perennial I.D.?, 1 by jadamsreed

jadamsreed wrote:
Planted this perennial in the back garden late last year for cut flower sales. Lost my map of the garden and don't know what it is. Even my sister who writes a gardening column for the local paper doesn't know what it is. It hasn't flowered yet but is 4 1/2 feet tall with huge leaves and buds on top and on long stems coming from every leaf junction. The leaves are fuzzy on the underside. Any help at I.D. ing this monster would be appreciated. Thanks.