Verbena 'Homestead Purple'
By Spritzhenry
- 6 Oct, 2010
- 15 likes
Still flowering well. This isn't a reliably hardy plant, but it's in the most sheltered corner I have - so fingers crossed.
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i love verbena...does this one self seed like bonariensis?
7 Oct, 2010
No - never, sadly! I really like this plant, so I do replace it if it doesn't survive, because it flowers on and on. It 'is' a beautiful deep purple!
7 Oct, 2010
my bonariensis has selfseeded either side of a path.....its so lovely. ill have to find this one to add to it...
7 Oct, 2010
It's not an upright plant, Sandra - it kind of 'sprawls' and sends its long arms out between other plants. ;-)))
7 Oct, 2010
sounds nice. i like a sprawler..good ground cover..
7 Oct, 2010
Sort of, if you have other plants it can 'weave' through! :-)))
7 Oct, 2010
Mine come up year after year but I do protect the crowns Spritz
7 Oct, 2010
Oooh! Denise, what do you do - please tell!
7 Oct, 2010
Verbena bonariensis can suffer dieback if cut back in autumn so I leave alone until I see new shoots emerging in the spring. I mulch the crowns with a dry soil based compost. As it is recommended to dry mulch HP's as well - I have tried it on my Homestead Purple and it worked.
7 Oct, 2010
That's great - thanks. I do leave my Verbena bon. until spring to cut them back, and so far, I haven't lost any, but it would be lovely to save this one too.
7 Oct, 2010
Well it was very cold last year even here and they survived so yours should be ok.
7 Oct, 2010
I do hope so! :-)))
7 Oct, 2010
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like the colour very pretty
6 Oct, 2010