Rob's plants home garden plants wildlife seed photos plant sale journal topics links guestbook Verbena bonariensis

 

Common name purple-top vervain Family verbenaceae Life cycle tender perennial Flowers purple Size 3' Light sun Cultural notes ordinary garden soil From seed Give several weeks cold, then germinate at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below Seed ripens early November We grow this tender perennial as an annual - it blooms in summer from seed started mid-spring. The plant has an airy look to it, so that it can be put in the foreground of a border despite its height.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: cutting garden

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2004. Seed from '03 trade. Baggy 35F(4w) - 70F (75%G, 3d)
2005. Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 35F (30d) - 70F (21d; 46%G, 3d) - 70F with light (14d; no further G)

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