• Lush Verbena bonariensis in a domestic garden with a home backdrop
  • Verbena Bonariensis
    Verbena Bonariensis
  • Tall Verbena bonariensis plants in front of a residential facade
  • Verbena bonariensis attracting pollinators in a garden setting
  • Verdant garden scene featuring Verbena bonariensis among trees and shrubbery
  • Verbena bonariensis with its purple blossoms outside a window
  • Verbena bonariensis flowers adding color to a garden beside a wooden fence
  • Cluster of Verbena bonariensis blooms near a garden bench
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Verbena Bonariensis

£2.15
£2.15
Tax included.

Gorgeous, long-flowering Verbena. A haze of purple throughout late summer until the first frosts. This is a stunning cottage garden flower that is tall, light, and airy, attracting butterflies and bees by producing a late source of nectar for them.

This is a great low-maintenance plant, ideal for cottage gardens or prairie-style planting. It is elegant and statuesque, yet informal and free—perfect for the back of a border and as a cut flower in a relaxed arrangement.

I love it with so many flowers, but it is particularly gorgeous when grown alongside Rudbeckia.  Verbena bonariensis is a perennial, but it can struggle over winter. Leave the dead stalks until spring and give them good mulch as we head into winter to help protect them.

Quantity of Seeds 250 Seeds
Type Perennial
Genus Verbena bonariensis
Sow Seeds

Sow undercover in February–March or directly in April. If sowing directly, make sure the bed is warm and weed-free.  Likes full sun or partial shade and moist, well-drained soil.  Self-seeds freely if left.
Plant Out May-June
Flowers

June-November
Height & Spread

1.5m high x 60cm spread

 

Verbena Bonariensis   Verbena Bonariensis

RHS Plants for Pollinators

The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects.

RHS Award of Garden Merit

This plant/cultivar has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit because it has proven to be reliable in appropriate conditions and a good performing plant.
    Lush Verbena bonariensis in a domestic garden with a home backdrop
    Verbena Bonariensis
    Tall Verbena bonariensis plants in front of a residential facade
    Verbena bonariensis attracting pollinators in a garden setting
    Verdant garden scene featuring Verbena bonariensis among trees and shrubbery
    Verbena bonariensis with its purple blossoms outside a window
    Verbena bonariensis flowers adding color to a garden beside a wooden fence
    Cluster of Verbena bonariensis blooms near a garden bench