Verbena Seeds - Hoary Vervain

BOTANICAL NAME

Verbena stricta

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping
• Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

• 24 to 36 inches

COLOR

• Purple

Bring soft purple color and pollinator activity to sunny gardens with Hoary Vervain, a tough, easy-to-grow native perennial. Naturally adapted to dry prairies, roadsides, and open meadows, it provides long-lasting summer blooms while supporting butterflies, native pollinators, and the common buckeye butterfly as a host plant.

• Prefers dry and well-drained soils in ample sunlight
• Readily self-seeds to expand native landscapes
• Blooms June through September

PLANTING SEASON

• Spring
• Fall

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow
• Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/8 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Low
• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 18 to 24 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

SEED PREP

• Cold Moist Stratification