Verbena Hastata - American Blue Vervain. This showy very unique flower with the generic name “verbena” is latin for “sacred plant”. In early folklore it was believed that drinking the vervain tea would ward off vampires because of the spear-shaped lanceolate leaves. It is commonly called swamp verbena because of its high tolerance for wet soggy soil. Verbena hastata is an upright slender perennial with numerous stems and short rhizomes. The unusual stens are square and green or reddish with white hairs. This plant can be found in moist thickets, creeks, ponds, ditches, river edges and more areas similar to these....even mucky soil and temporary standing water. The plant is basically resistant to pests. Since the plant is an avid self sower, deadheading may be necessary. Popular planting sites are wildlife gardens, wet meadows, or a water garden border. Other uses include low maintenance gardens, rain gardens, perennial borders, cottage gardens and deer resistant plantings. Attracts honeybees, beneficial wasps, small butterflies, skippers, moths, and pollinating flies. Caterpillars of the verbena noth and buckeye butterflies feed on the leaves. Cardinals, juncos and sparrows love the seeds.
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40+ fresh seed per pack
Planting Zone: 3 – 9
Full Sun / Part Shade
Height: 2 feet - 6 feet
Width: 1 feet - 2 feet
Attracts Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees, and other beneficial pollinators, birds love the seed
Resistant to Deer and Rabbit
Can grow in soggy or wet soils
Easy to grow
Edible: Early folklore it was believed that drinking the vervain tea would ward off vampires
Medicinal:
I urge anyone buying seed to do their homework on germination, I have not raised and cannot raise many of these plants as I am sub-tropics here in St Augustine, Florida. All seed are NOT alike! There are so many different factors in germination and not doing a search is throwing your money away. I want everyone to be successful when growing your flowers from seed it is the most rewarding experience in Gardening and you can do it, if you give the seed what it needs to grow. I always check 3 sites of info to choose how I will go about it. It is not hard to do, if you do it right!
SEED GERMINATION TIP!!!!!!!
ONLY GERMINATE A SMALL PORTION AT A TIME.
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MONKEYS IN A BARREL.
