garden verbena
Verbena × hybrida
USDA zones3 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12 inches tall1.5 to 2.5 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- 1
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
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Notes
Garden verbena (Verbena × hybrida) is an annual for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and ground cover. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It blooms in spring, summer, and autumn, and butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit the flowers. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It is also drought tolerant.
Pairs well with Supertunia Vista Bubblegum petunia, Aster, and Creeping jenny.