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Purple Top Verbena

Verbena bonariensis

  • Feeds pollinators
Purple Top Verbena (Verbena bonariensis)

Photo: frank wouters · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

violet

What actually matters with this one

Plant it at the front of a border, not the back. You are meant to see the garden through its haze of stems.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Keep it dry
Hardiness
Zones 7-10
Height
1.8 m
Flowers
July to October
Difficulty
easy

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.