By Ggrannyp
United Kingdom 
April 12th - from a sunny spot in S.Devon - my Verbena Bonariensis looks completely dead, presumably killed by the wet cold winter. It was planted last year near a west-facing wall. Is there any hope at all that new shoots might still appear from the base?
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Verbena bonariensis
11 Apr, 2010
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with luck you will have lots of self sown seedlings though. I have lost quite a few of mine too.
11 Apr, 2010
Didn't realise that S. Devon was a day ahead of the rest of the UK ;-)
11 Apr, 2010
LOL. Different country down here in the SW, Fractal!
11 Apr, 2010
I think you'll find they're a week ahead, Fractal, well, of the midlands anyway. Spring starts there and works its way up and across the country...
12 Apr, 2010
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I'm in West Somerset and I'd say I've lost about half of mine. There are tiny shoots appearing on the live ones, and the dead ones pulled out with a gentle tug. Try it - I did say GENTLE!!! lol. You might yet be surprised, but I'm a little doubtful, I'm afraid.
11 Apr, 2010