Verbena bonariensis
Verbena on a Stick
Item #: 1144
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Origin: South America
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Verbena bonariensis is the ultimate perennial for both experienced perennial border designers as well as beginning gardeners. The blue-purple (RHS 82A), large marble-sized, branched flower clusters are borne all summer on 30" tall stalks above the narrow see-through foliage. Bonariensis (latin for "Buenos Aires") vervain is great in the garden or in flower arrangements...a hummingbird favorite. In good soils, you will find a few seedlings scattered around the garden making their own combinations!
Maintenance:
You'll find Verbena on a stick to be a low maintenance perennial. If your plants become looking tired and ratty, simply cut them to the ground and they will quickly re-sprout.
Growing Conditions:
In the garden, they prefer dry conditions, where it thrives in both amended and unamended soils. When it's extremely happy, you may also be rewarded with a significant number of seedlings.
Garden Value:
There are few plants that provide the vertical accents, combined with all summer flowering, and a narrow enough profile to fit in almost any sunny garden situation.
Natural Impact:
Hummingbirds are the main pollinators we see around our patches.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Verbena
Flower Color: Purple/Lavender
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Summer
Container Role: Thrillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Green Roofs
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Edimentals , Cut Flower Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Hallucinogenic Plants , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Medicinal Plants , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , RHS Award of Merit Winners