Growing verbena in containers offers the chance for glorious, pollinator-friendly blooms in smaller spaces. See how to ...

Today we will be discussing a must plant for butterfly – and indeed all pollinator – gardens. This plant is the industrious Verbena bonariensis. Bonariensis. What a mouthful. All those vowels and ...

Gardeners familiar with low-growing, groundcover-type verbenas are likely to gasp when they see a Verbena bonariensis in full bloom. This South American species, which has naturalized in several ...

Verbena is a showstopper in any garden. Its long-lasting flowers put on a show from late spring through to the first frosts, attracting lots of birds and pollinators over the course of a season. It is ...

Some ten years ago, my wife and I visited the Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, adjacent to the Sun Dial Bridge and the Turtle Bay Arboretum. This nursery offers native, drought tolerant plants that thrive ...

It fits in effortlessly, pleases pollinators and it’s easy to take cuttings, says Alys Fowler It sometimes seems that every car park, roundabout, back garden or park is smattered with Verbena ...

Brazilian verbena (Verbena bonariensis) is a low-care, drought-tolerant plant, but can be susceptible to powdery mildew, a common fungal problem here in the warm, humid southeast. News & Observer ...

V. bonariensis Lollipop is a dwarf version of V. bonariensis. A popular plant, it's a perennial with erect, branching stems, and branched clusters of small, purple flowers sometimes from late spring ...

I could see activity all around as I approached the bed, and the plant looked like it was a butterfly magnet. I am always impressed when I see multiples of one species hitting on flowers, and such was ...