Verbena hastata
Growing Information
• Plant Type: Perennial
• Sunlight: Full to part sun
• Soils: Medium to Moist
• Bloom Time: July, August
• Size: 3-4 feet in height
Short-lived, doesn’t compete well with more aggressive vegetation. It self-seeds readily and is easy to germinate.
Garden Companions
Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum), Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum), Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana), Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
Nature Benefits
• Pollinators will visit.
• Seeds are valuable to small mammals and birds.
Native Habitat
Occurs in marshes, swamp margins, and ditches.
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