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Blue Vervain Seeds

Verbena hastata

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A very ancient plant, used to make torches by the Romans. Beautiful blue spires on tall plants. Perennial.

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Description

Vervain is one of those super-historic wildflowers that are common over most of the world. Vervain appears in Roman history, as a plant used to soak in fuel and then use as a torch.

It's a wild verbena (which you can tell by the botanical name), and you'll find it in meadows and along roadsides in the entire US and Canada. The plants grow up to 5 or 6 feet, and are topped by stunning blue flowers in pointed spikes. They look much like garden salvia or veronica. The flower stems are arranged like a candelabra at the end of each stalk.

This is a good, non-invasive plant for your wild garden--just add it near the back of your wildflowers, or spot a few throughout a meadow. The blooms open in midsummer through fall. And by the way, they're beautiful standing tall in big wildlfower arrangements.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Summer

Life Cycle

Perennial

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Attracts Birds
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Low Maintenance

Additional information

Seed Coverage

covers 30-40 square feet

Seeds Per Pound

1488000

Mature Height

Up to 72" tall (6 feet)

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil
  • Clay Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Plant Classification

Native Species

Native To

Eastern and Central United States

Life Cycle

Perennial

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8

Ideal Region

  • Midwest
  • Northeast
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Southeast
  • Southwest
  • West
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Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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Tall Showy Wildflower

"This tall, showy wildflower / sacred herb loves to grow near water but will thrive in the garden as well. They germinate best by being sprinkled on disturbed earth in late fall. In the spring they will look like nettles and stay small the first year with spotty flowering. The second year they will be twice as tall, flowering nicely. The third year they come into their prime and become large specimen plants about 6' tall and will produce broomlike seed heads that can be harvested when they are brown and dry and just beat around where you want them established near ponds, creeks, and ditches."

— Natureboy67 (5/5)

Grows wild in Arkansas

"This is a vibrant eye catching wildflower, that easily self seeds, and grows wild in pastures, roadsides, and untended fallow ground. It is however somewhat weedy in appearance. I personally like it very much, but it is not to everyones taste."

— Ember9090 (3/5)

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