Blue Vervain - Available for purchase on Pick Up Day Only!
(3” pot) -Verbena hastata - Also called American vervain or swamp verbena, it is a herbaceous bush perennial. It produces blue to purple flowers. Grows to 3-5 feet tall; roots are mat-forming. Blue Vervain likes moist, poorly drained rich soil, and does well in clay soils with compost, otherwise it does fine in standard garden soil, wetland soils, muddy streambanks, and ditches. Plant 2 feet apart. It’s a prolific self-seeder. It’s beneficial to bees, and beetles are attracted to it. Traditional use: Nervine tonic and digestive stimulant, also used to sweat out a fever, for treating colds and flu.
Zones 3 – 7
(3” pot) -Verbena hastata - Also called American vervain or swamp verbena, it is a herbaceous bush perennial. It produces blue to purple flowers. Grows to 3-5 feet tall; roots are mat-forming. Blue Vervain likes moist, poorly drained rich soil, and does well in clay soils with compost, otherwise it does fine in standard garden soil, wetland soils, muddy streambanks, and ditches. Plant 2 feet apart. It’s a prolific self-seeder. It’s beneficial to bees, and beetles are attracted to it. Traditional use: Nervine tonic and digestive stimulant, also used to sweat out a fever, for treating colds and flu.
Zones 3 – 7
(3” pot) -Verbena hastata - Also called American vervain or swamp verbena, it is a herbaceous bush perennial. It produces blue to purple flowers. Grows to 3-5 feet tall; roots are mat-forming. Blue Vervain likes moist, poorly drained rich soil, and does well in clay soils with compost, otherwise it does fine in standard garden soil, wetland soils, muddy streambanks, and ditches. Plant 2 feet apart. It’s a prolific self-seeder. It’s beneficial to bees, and beetles are attracted to it. Traditional use: Nervine tonic and digestive stimulant, also used to sweat out a fever, for treating colds and flu.
Zones 3 – 7
Indicates SOLD OUT since we are NOT pre-selling this plant. It will be available for purchase on Plant Sale Pick Up Day when you come to retrieve your order.