General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 24-30 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and apricot
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Mg (Magnesium)
S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Can handle transplanting
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Ornamental Mullein
  • Verbascum
  • Showy Mullein

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Location: Taken at Annie's Annuals nursery
Date: 2020-03-08
Location: Twisp
Date: 2015-06-07
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-05-22
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-08
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2009-06-12
 7:57 am. Verbascum phoenicium 'Southern Charm' has it all. Grace
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-12
Location: My garden, KY
Date: 12 June, 2023
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-08
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-12
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: May 2008
Verbascum Southern Charm
Location: Twisp
Date: June

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-13
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-08
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-11
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Location: Lancaster PA 
Date: June 2023
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-06-21
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2013-05-19
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-05-03
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-12
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-12
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-05-17
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: May 2008
Verbascum Southern Charm shown growing with common chives
Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2011-06-23
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: KALAMA WA
Date: 2021-04-29
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Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Comments:
  • Posted by kqcrna (Valencia, Pa - Zone 6a) on Oct 27, 2011 1:32 PM concerning plant:
    Southern Charm is a sterile verbascum; it will not self-sow. I wintersowed it and my plants are now in their sixth year. They bloom in three different shades -- pink, light lavender-purple, and a creamy copper. They bloom heavily in early spring and sparsely through summer. Often fall brings fresh flowers.
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