1.(Plants) any plant of the verbenaceous genusVerbena,chiefly of tropical and temperate America, having red, white, or purple fragrant flowers: much cultivated as garden plants. See alsovervain 2.(Plants) any of various similar or related plants, esp the lemon verbena ...
Save seeds in the fall and plant in the fall or spring. Types Purpletop Vervain(Verbena bonariensis): 4 to 5 feet tall with clusters of small lavender flowers. Short-lived perennial that will self-sow. Blue Vervain(V. hastata): 2 to 5 feet tall; resemblesV. bonariensis, but is more ...
Rose Verbena makes a top choice for the garden, containers, naturalized, and spilling over rocks, borders, and walls. Rose Verbena is easy to grow in average, well-drained soil in full sun. Although the original plant may not be long-lived, it will self-seed and spread by its self-root...
Verbena rigida (Slender Vervain): This South American native is a compact, bushy perennial with a height of 1-2 feet. Its lance-shaped, toothed leaves give way to dense clusters of tubular purple, blue, or white flowers. Verbena rigida is drought-tolerant and well-suited for borders, conta...
Verbena plants are vibrant, vigorous, and versatile and bloom all season long with brightly colored flowers. Verbena can be grown in garden beds, pots, hanging baskets, or window boxes.
or when looking haggard and it will quickly resprout. Has been a little pesky in some locations as it will spread wide if allowed and has been known to reseed in the garden. The flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies, but the rough foliage is resistant to predation by ...
in a location that provides full sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. In the spring, summer and fall Homestead Purple Verbena produces purple flowers. The foliage is dark green in color. It attracts butterflies, hummingbirds and visual ...
an island off the west coast of Baja California and it was introduced into the nursery trade in 1998. This selection differs from previous introductions of the species by having much deeper colored flowers. We have sold this plant since 1999 and in the past also grew the larger pink flowered...
Flower stems were collected on the UFOP campus, Brazil,voucher specimen OUPR26753, in the morning, cutting 30 cm stems that were placed in containers with 40 mL of distilled water, with eight replications. Data were analyzed for 15 days. The diameter of the stems was 1.275±0.1669 cm (10...
You can also plant lemon verbena in containers outside your backdoor for garden-fresh flavor steps from the kitchen. The plant stays smaller in a container, which is a good way to grow lemon verbena in a small space. Holly Shimizu