Names
- Scientific name
- Verbena hastata
- Common name
- Blue Vervain, Swamp Verbena
Measurements
- Height
- 2 - 6 ft
- Spread
- 12 - 36 in
- Growth Rate
- Moderate
Requirements
- Hardiness zones
- 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
- Sunlight
- Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial Shade
- Soil Drainage
- Moist but Well-drained
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Moderately acidic (5.6 - 6.0), Slightly acidic (6.1 - 6.5)
Physical Traits
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Leaf lifecycle
- Deciduous
- Foliage color
- Medium Green
- Fall foliage
- Brown
- Bloom time
- Summer, Fall
- Bloom color
- Blue, Purple
- Seasons of interest
- Summer, Fall
- Propagation methods
- Seeds, Division, Cuttings
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
References
Verbena hastata (Swamp verbena) | Native Plants of North America,
accessed November 10, 2024
Verbena hastata (Blue Verbena, Blue Vervain, Simpler’s Joy, Swamp Verbena, Swamp Vervain) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox,
accessed November 10, 2024
blue vervain Verbena hastata from New England Wild Flower Society,
accessed November 10, 2024
Verbena hastata (American Blue Vervain),
accessed November 10, 2024
Verbena hastata - Plant Finder,
accessed November 10, 2024
Verbena hastata (blue vervain): Go Botany,
accessed November 10, 2024
Verbena hastata (Blue or Common Vervain),
accessed November 10, 2024
World Flora Online, accessed June 20, 2024