The native Verbena hastata, common name blue vervain is one species that is ideal for cuttings. Ali continues: 'For native ...

Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) and blue vervain (Verbena hastata) are both native species that have a similar look to purple loosestrife, giving you a purple-pink flowering plant without all ...

Blue Vervain, Verbena hastata, occurs broadly in piedmont and mountain areas of Virginia and in a few counties in the coastal plain. Growing 2-6 feet tall, clusters of many pencil-like spikes of ...

Verbena bonariensis, Verbena hastata, Verbena officinalis, and Verbena rigida, are hardy and will die in autumn, returning in the spring. Some verbena varieties are grown as annuals, meaning they ...

Leptadenia hastata. Uses. Burkina Faso (Piéla, Chagna Province). The Gourmantché people prepare the leaves in cous-cous. They are first chopped and mixed with millet flour; then the mixture is steamed ...

Sapphire blue skies are like the ocean with cloud islands during these early days of autumn. We are in between seasons when the last of the summer flowers make a spectacular show, and the golden ...

If this is too onerous, try a taller, more slender verbena from the damp meadows of North America - V. hastata. How to grow V. rigida is easily grown from spring-sown seeds.