Verbena+x+hybrida

Verbena Full sun annual According to Auburn University:


 * COMMON NAME: **Garden verbena, annual verbena
 * FAMILY: ** Verbenaceae
 * TYPE: ** annual
 * LEAVES: ** opposite, oblong to oblong-ovate, broadened or truncate at base, toothed margins, 2" to 4" long
 * FLOWER: ** flattish or convex heads to 2" across, petals have deeply notched lobes, white or yellow centers or solid; white, pink, red, blue, lavender, or purple
 * SEASON OF BLOOM: **spring with decline in summer heat
 * GROWTH HABIT: **12", spreading or upright
 * SOIL: ** well drained soil, fertile
 * SUN: ** full sun to part shade (this is the verbena that is not heat tolerant)
 * UTILIZATION: ** massing, ground cover, trailing down a wall, beds, edging, rock garden, window boxes, hanging baskets; not recommended for low maintenance or all season flowering in zone 8--use one of the other species of //Verbena//
 * DISEASES: ** damping off of seedlings, powdery mildew
 * INSECTS AND RELATED PESTS: ** spider mites
 * PROPAGATION: ** seed
 * MAINTENANCE: ** water during prolonged heat and drought to aid flowering; prune when flowering declines to stimulate new growth
 * CULTIVAR: **//Verbena speciosa// Imagination AAS winner and is quite heat and drought tolerant