General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 10 to 12 inches
Plant Spread: 20 to 24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Mauve
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Division
Stolons and runners
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Rose Vervain
  • Sweet William
  • Rose Mock Vervain
  • Clump Verbena
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Verbena canadensis
  • Synonym: Glandularia canadensis

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#Pollination
Location: St Louis
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
Flower cluster from the side.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2011
This verbena grows wild in the woods.

Photo: David Arbour

Photo: Dave Moore / USFS
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
Beginning to bud in January.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
It  has a lovely scent.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
Close up of flower.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
Blooming while very small.

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2003-05-20
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

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