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Verbena hastata 'Blue'

Verbena hastata 'Blue'

Product number: 605900
Origin: North America
Latin: Verbena hastata

Most verbenas produce flower clusters, "hastata" means "spear-shaped", and the inflorescence of this beautiful species is in an elongated cluster. Furthermore, this species has the characteristic open growth habit of common vervain, is 60-90 cm high, and features beautiful, purple-blue (sometimes pink or white) spire-shaped flower clusters that bloom from bottom to top. It's a very important plant for butterflies! As a medicinal herb: calming and diaphoretic. Flowering period from June-September.

Names:
Latin: Verbena hastata
Dutch: Blauwe Ijzerhard
English: Blue Vervain

Sowing method: Year-round in a seed tray, first give 2-4 weeks of warmth (18-22° C), then a cold period in, for example, the refrigerator (+4° C) for 4-6 weeks, then slowly warm up to room temperature, after which germination will follow. The seeds germinate irregularly over a longer germination period. Therefore, do not discard the seedlings too soon. Sowing outdoors is also possible; in that case, simply let the winter pass, and germination will take place in the spring.

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