- Shop Now
- Burncoose Specialities
- This Month
- Offers & Promotions
- RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
- 40 years at Burncoose
- Engage With Us
- Information, Help & Advice
- About Us & Our Services
- Terms & Conditions
- Log In / Register
VERBENA
Genus of about 250 species of annuals, perennials and subshrubs, some of them tuberous or rhizomatous. They occur in usually open and sunny habitats such as prairies, wasteland and roadsides and in open woodland (some species prefer moist sites, others dry).
Almost all are from tropical and temperate regions of North, Central and South America with a few from southern Europe.
The UK representative is the herb vervain, V. officinalis, a perennial of roadsides and waste places especially on chalky soils.
It had many uses in medicine and was used as a charm against witches and devils.
-
HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Annuals, perennials and subshrubs
-
Additional FeaturesPlace of originTropical and temperate regions North, Central, South America,southern Europe
-
WildlifeRabbit Resistant
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
![](
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/UserFiles/Image/ComboPhotos/square/2993_4237_5346_5730_6253_plant_combi_100~01.jpg)
![](
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/UserFiles/Image/ComboPhotos/square/2993_4237_5346_5730_6253_plant_combi_098~01.jpg)
![](
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/UserFiles/Image/ComboPhotos/square/2475_3145_4237_6253_plant_combi_102~01.jpg)
![](
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/UserFiles/Image/ComboPhotos/square/4237_7574_verbena_sissinghurst_AND_geranium_orkney_cherry_01.jpg)
![](
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/UserFiles/Image/ComboPhotos/square/4237_5346_5730_plant_combi_097~01.jpg)
![AGASTACHE mexicana 'Red Fortune' AGASTACHE mexicana 'Red Fortune'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/agastache_red_fortune_6253h.jpg)
AGASTACHE mexicana 'Red Fortune'
GERANIUM 'Orkney Cherry'
![LAVANDULA LAVANDULA](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/lavandula_stoechas_pretty_polly_2488~2h.jpg)
LAVANDULA
![NEPETA 'Six Hills Giant' NEPETA 'Six Hills Giant'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/nepeta_six_hills_giant_2993s.jpg)
NEPETA 'Six Hills Giant'
![PENNISETUM alopecuroides PENNISETUM alopecuroides](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/pennisetum_alopecuroides_hameln_3145.jpg)
PENNISETUM alopecuroides
![PHLOMIS russeliana PHLOMIS russeliana](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/phlomis_russeliana_5346a.jpg)
PHLOMIS russeliana
![SALVIA 'Royal Bumble' SALVIA 'Royal Bumble'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/square/salvia_royal_bumble_5730.jpg)
SALVIA 'Royal Bumble'
Buy Varieties of VERBENA
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. VERBENA bonariensis](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Verbena_bonariensis.jpg)
VERBENA bonariensis
violet-purple. Tall growing
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. VERBENA officinalis var grandiflora 'Bampton'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/verbena_bampton_6510.jpg)
VERBENA officinalis var grandiflora 'Bampton'
upright, fine, wiry branches. Deep purple foliage and small, purplish-pink flowers
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. VERBENA rigida](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/verbena_rigida_7187.jpg)
VERBENA rigida
clusters of fragrant, bright purple flowers on branched stems
Useful extras...
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Vitax_Q4_6202.jpg)
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/grow_your_own_front_22.jpg)
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/tomatoe_front.jpg)
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/rootgrow_6203.jpg)
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/RootgrowEricoid_6204.jpg)
![](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/empathy-allpurpose_6208.jpg)