Verbena hastata LE
Common Name: Hastata
Family Name: Swamp Verbena
Light Requirements: Sun / Part Shade
Bloom Time:
Spacing: 24-30"
Height: 18-30"
Bloom Color: Purple / Lavender
Moisture Level: wet to normal
Propagation: LOCAL ECOTYPE
Animal Resistance: Deer
Type of Perennial: New England Meadows
Wicked Ruggeds: Yes
Local Ecotype: Yes
New England Native: Yes
US Native: Yes
Plant Description:
Narrow spikey panicles of small purple flowers rise up tall in early summer. Likes moist or wet soils. Attracts a multitude of pollinators, and is the host plant for Common Buckeye butterfly. Indigenous to wet meadows and marshes. Zones 3-8
Narrow spikey panicles of small purple flowers rise up tall in early summer. Likes moist or wet soils. Attracts a multitude of pollinators, and is the host plant for Common Buckeye butterfly. Indigenous to wet meadows and marshes. Zones 3-8