Verbena hastata
Verbena hastata, blue vervain, offers summer candelabras of purple-blue flowers.
Description:
The tall thin spikes of blue vervain grace the wet meadows of almost every state and province (including BC) in July and August with candelabras of purple-blue flowers. Verbena hastata is a short-lived perennial that readily self sows where happy. A great plant for pond's edge where it seeds in between sedges and rushes and cheerfully holds its own.
Common Name: Blue Vervain
Family: Verbenaceae (The Verbena Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Blue
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Wet meadows, wet river bottomlands, stream banks, slough peripheries, fields and waste areas throughout the United States and Canada.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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