verbenas

Butterfly garden staples

Verbenas are flowering plants in the vervain family, cultivated for their clusters of small, brightly colored blooms.

They're popular in gardens and hanging baskets, valued for continuous summer flowering: The verbenas spilled over the container's edge in shades of purple and red.

Some varieties are annuals, others perennials depending on climate.

botanical

flowering

Producing reproductive structures

hybrid · trailing · upright · cultivar · spreading · foliage · stems · leaves · blooms · groundcover

herbal

tisane

Herbal infusion beverage

flavoring · tea · sachets · potpourri · essential oil · dried · harvest · medicinal · soothing · digestive

varieties

purple

Hue between crimson and azure

  • whiteAbsence of pigment
  • redPrimary color, warm
  • pinkPale red hue

trailing · homestead · lanai · obsession · quartz · bicolor · multicolor · spreading · compact · heirloom

horticultural

planting

Placing seeds in earth

nursery · potting · fertilizer · deadheading · pruning · watering · mulching · overwintering · container · hanging basket

Categories
Family

verbena

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G