USDA Zones: 2 - 11
Light: sun
Width: 8 to 36 inches
Height: 8 to 72 inches
Flower Colors:primarily intense pinks and purples; also red, white
Bloom Time: late spring - fall

Special Features:
Attracts Butterflies
Containers
Cut Flowers
Easy to Grow
Flowers
Fragrant
Tolerates Drought

A hardworking plant, verbena is both long-blooming and drought-tolerant. Both the annual and perennial types bloom with bright clusters of flowers from midsummer through frost in vibrant colors that include hot pink and purple for perennial types; and white, red, purple, blue, and peach for annual types.

Tall, upright Verbena bonariensis is great for the flower border while sprawling types, such as Verbena x hybrida, are ideal for hanging baskets and other containers.

Garden verbena (Verbena x hybrida) is a warm-season annual in Zones 2 to 11 but can also be grown as a perennial in Zones 7 to 11. It grows 6 to 12 inches tall and 12 to 24 inches across.

Rose vervain or clump verbena (Verbena canadensis) is an evergreen perennial Zones 6 to 10. It grows 8 to 18 inches tall and 3 feet wide.

Verbena bonariensis is reknown for attracting butterflies and is an annual growing perhaps 4 feet in Zones 2 to 6 and a perennial hitting up to 6 feet in Zones 7 to 10.

Notable Varieties

• Verbena canadensis 'Old Royal Fragrance' has a wonderful scent.
• Verbena x hybrda 'Peaches and Cream' is an unusual pastel mix of those colors.