Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain)
grows 2-6 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: wet meadows, wet river bottomlands, stream banks, slough peripheries, fields and waste areas
host plant for the Common Buckeye
deer resistant
companion plants: Echinacea (Coneflowers), Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox), Helenium (Sneezeweed), Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
grows 2-6 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: wet meadows, wet river bottomlands, stream banks, slough peripheries, fields and waste areas
host plant for the Common Buckeye
deer resistant
companion plants: Echinacea (Coneflowers), Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox), Helenium (Sneezeweed), Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
grows 2-6 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers medium to wet soils
blooms purple from July-August
natural habitat: wet meadows, wet river bottomlands, stream banks, slough peripheries, fields and waste areas
host plant for the Common Buckeye
deer resistant
companion plants: Echinacea (Coneflowers), Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox), Helenium (Sneezeweed), Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)