Verbena

Verbena selections

Verbena is a spreading plant ideal for cascading over retaining walls, pots, baskets, and window boxes. As log as the soil is extremely well drained, verbena will reward gardeners with countless clusters of small blooms all season.

It's fairly drought-tolerant, making it a great choice for hanging baskets, rock gardens, planting in cracks between stones, and other tight places. One annual verbena, 'Imagination', is a standout for taking the hottest, driest conditions. It will even do well in a clay strawberry pot!

Light:: Sun
Zones:: 7-9
Plant Type:: Annual, Perennial
Plant Height:: From 9 to 18 inches tall, depending on type
Plant Width:: From 12 to 20 inches wide, depending on type
Landscape Uses:: Containers, Beds & Borders
Special Features:: Flowers, Fragrant, Deer Resistant

Top Varieties

Aztec Red verbena

(Verbena 'Aztec Red Velvet') offers rich red flowers with a creamy center on spreading plant to 12 inches.
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Babylon White verbena

(Verbena 'Babylon White') bears pure white flowers on a trailing plant. It's more disease resistant than many other verbenas.
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Fuego Dark Violet verbena

(Verbena 'Fuego Dark Violet') is a vigorous selection with large clusters of rich violet-purple flowers and excellent heat tolerance.
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Fuego Pink verbena

(Verbena 'Fuego Pink') offers rich pink flowers on a vigorous spreading plant.
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Fuego Red verbena

(Verbena 'Fuego Pink') is a fast-growing variety that shows off big clusters of brilliant red flowers.
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Imagination verbena

(Verbena tenuisecta 'Imagination') is a popular deep violet-purple variety that grows 8-12 inches tall and spreads beautifully in hanging baskets.
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Lascar Burgundy verbena

(Verbena 'Lascar Burgundy') is a mounding plant with medium-size flowers and rich burgundy-red flowers.
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Lascar Light Pink verbena

(Verbena 'Light Pink') bars clusters of soft, cotton-candy pink flowers on a mounding plant that's great for hanging baskets.
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Peaches and Cream verbena

(Verbena x hybrida 'Peaches and Cream') is a showstopper with peach-and-creamy-white blooms. Plants are 8-10 inches tall and spread 12 inches.
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Quartz Purple verbena

(Verbena 'Quartz Purple') bears rich purple flowers on an upright, compact plant to 8 inches.
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Quartz Silver verbena

(Verbena 'Quartz Silver') is a compact, upright variety with white flowers flushed with silvery-lavender. It grows 8 inches tall and wide.
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Summer Snow verbena

(Verbena 'Summer Snow') is a trailing selection to 10 inches with pure white blooms.
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Temari Bright Pink verbena

(Verbena 'Temari Bright Pink') is a tailing selection with soft pink flowers that bear tiny white eyes. It trails to 1 foot.
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Temari Patio Red verbena

(Verbena 'Temari Patio Red') offers bright red flowers on mounding plants to 14 inches tall.
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Tropical Breeze Red and White verbena

(Verbena 'Tropical Breeze Red and White') offers good resistance to powdery mildew and shows off white flowers liberally streaked in red.
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Tukana Scarlet Star verbena

(Verbena 'Tukana Scarlet Star') features large bright red flowers with a sparkling white eye. It's heat tolerant and flowers all summer, growing 8 inches tall and 24 inches wide.
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Garden Plans

Garden Plan with a Tropical Look
Hot-Color Flower Garden Plan
Easy-Care Mixed Fall Garden Plan
Hot-Color, Heat-Resistant Garden Plan
Large Summer Sunny Border
Fragrant Entry Garden Plan
Rose Arbor Garden Plan
Garden Plan to Soften a Fence
Pondside Garden Plan
Deckside Container-Garden Plan
Easy Sidewalk Garden Plan
Front Walk Garden Plan
Small-Space Water Garden Plan
Colorful Mailbox Garden Plan
Colorful Front Yard Cottage Garden Plan

Plant It With

Larkspur

Larkspur's upright bloom spires look terrific when planted with sprawling verbena.

Petunia

Petunia and verbena colors coordinate well, and the contrast in bloom sizes is striking.

Snapdragon

Use Verbena to edge a walkway and back it up with cheerful snapdragons.

Propagation

Seed
Stem Cuttings

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