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Verbenas come in so many beautiful colors and shades . It is an easy plant to grow in the garden and it is low maintenance too. The moss/ trailing verbena makes an excellent ground cover. It is a perennial which loves sunny climates.
Powdery mildew is the only disease to attack the verbenas, which can be avoided if they are planted in full sun. Slugs love verbena too as I have figured out lately. Just a bit of Epsom salt added to the container or put around the plants could help deter slugs.
Just a two to three inch cutting is enough to start a new plant. I love the moss verbena or the trailing verbena the most. These planted in hanging pots are show stoppers.
These are the most rewarding plants for new gardeners.
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Have you ever tried growing verbenas?
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Verbena is a low maintenance plant
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I have this and it kind of spreads fast. The flowers are tiny and purple in colour
That is the moss verbena adapted to warm dry climates. Very hardy in warm weather.
I can’t get anything to grow.
These are very easy to grow. If you want to try herbs Basil ( any kind ) can be grown in water.
Ooohh… It seems I do not know that enchanting flower.
They are very pretty Albert, but the best part is they are very easy to grow.
I just read about this flower, and apparently Verbena brasiliensis, which later came to be called Verbena Semeru (because the species lives on Mt. Semeru as well as on Mount Bromo, and some lake areas in East Java) are invasive plants that are calculated very potentially as a threat for ecosystems and the environment.
Such beautiful colors! I had a flowerpot with verbena but it didn’t live long.
Over watering often kills verbenas. They are also not suited to cold weather.
These could have been the issues, I will be careful next time!
All of us learn from our mistakes. I am sure you’ll do better next time.
The flower is beautiful. I haven’t tried to raise her yet. I have to try, maybe I can make it. ?
They are very easy to grow Vidocka , give it a try.
I have grown verbenal many times in my garden.
They are really worth the effort , aren’t they?