Verbena
- Botanical Name
- Verbena x hybrida
- Hardiness
- Half hardy annual
- Height
- 6 to 15 inches
- Width
- 8 to 24 inches
- Flowers
- Summer: white, lavender, purple, blue, pink, red, apricot, salmon
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 6 to 12 inches apart
- Deadhead for continual bloom
- Stops blooming in heat
- Problems
- Powdery mildew, damping off in seedlings
- Varieties
- Patio - heat tolerant, hot colors
- Romance Series - compact, denser habit
- Babylon - PW, compact, less deadheading, heat tolerant, less mildew Imagination - 1993 AAS winner, lacy foliage
- Peaches & Cream - heat tolerant, salmon and apricot blend
- Tapien & Tamari - more heat yet cold tolerant, less deadheading
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