Annuals & Biennials

Verbena
Verbena
verbena

- Height 1/2-1 ft (15-30 cm)
- Planting distance 10-15 in (25-38 cm)
- Flowers early summer to first fall frost
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Open, sunny site
- Tender annual

The many cultivars of Verbena x hybrida are beautiful plants that, throughout summer, produce tight clusters of small pale-eyed primroselike flowers in scarlet, crimson, purple, lavender-pink, and white. Providing a foil for these cheerful colors are attractively toothed dark green leaves. The bushy plants are popular for summer beds and borders, and the dwarf cultivars are ideal for containers, edging, and window boxes.

Popular species and cultivars
The following are readily available as seed strains.
'Amethyst' has cobalt-blue flower with white eyes and reaches 9-12 in (23-30 cm) high.
'Blaze,' a compact cultivar reaching 9 in (23 cm) high, has scarlet flowers.
'Blue Lagoon' has true flowers without eyes; it grows 9 in (23 cm) high.
'Delight' has coral-pink flowers flushed with salmon. It is a small cultivar, just 6 in (15 cm) high.
'Dwarf Jewels' is a mixture of dwarf cultivars, 10-12 in (25-30 cm) high, bearing red, purple, lavender-pink, and white flowers.
'Imagination' bears deep violet-blue flowers and grow up to 1 ft (30 cm) tall.
'Peaches and Cream' is only 8 in (20 cm) high but smothered with blooms in pastel shades of coral, salmon, and cream.
'Showtime Hybrids' come in a range of brilliant colors, some with bold central eyes. They grow to 10 in (25 cm) high.
'Sissinghurst' is 10-12 in (25-30 cm) high with rose-pink flowers.

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