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Verbena hastata

Blue Vervain

  • Category: Natives
  • Hardiness Zone: 3
  • Height: 5 ft
  • Spacing: 18-20 in
  • Bloom Color: Purple

Produces small, tubular blue-violet flowers that bloom from the bottom upward, thriving in the heat of July. The numerous flowering spikes create a graceful, candelabra-like display, adding elegant vertical interest and long-lasting summer color.


She's also a host plant for the Common Buckeye Butterfly and it's a general pollinator magnet. Their tiny seeds offer our winter bird residents a food source. Traditional herbal uses include relaxation, respiratory and digestive support. 

Exposure
• Sun
Soil Moisture Preference
• Moist
• Wet
Habit
• Upright
Attracts Wildlife
• Bees and other pollinators
• Butterflies
• Hummingbirds
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
• Fall
• Spring
• Summer
Foliage Color
• Green
Plant Sub-Group
• Perennial Natives