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Tender
annual 20-25°C Yes average layer vermiculite Sow January to April on a rather dry compost, water if necessary after seed emergence |
Drought buster on trials Verbena plants lasted up to 2 weeks being neglected.
| Verbena Bonariensis 1.35m Perennial Lightly cover seed. A perennial variety with rosy lavender flowers on tall stems. An excellent cut flower variety and cottage garden plant. Will flower in first year from an early sowing. Sow at 15-20°C late winter germination erratic or alternatively sow at 4°C for four weeks then 24°C cover with medium vermiculite, germination up to 2 months.
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Verbena Quartz Waterfall Mixed 25-30cm Annual Well branching mounded plants with a slightly spreading habit, huge umbels with large colourful flowers in a range of blues and white that contrast well against the dark green foliage. Excellent for containers, flower beds or for mixed planting in hanging baskets. Will trail over the edge of containers. Space plants 25-35cm apart in full Sun. Sow 24C cover medium vermiculite sow Jan through to April. Sowing on dryer compost for best results, water when required. |
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| Verbena Quartz
XP Mixed 20-25cm Annual Well branching early flowering mix producing a mounded plant with a slightly spreading habit, huge umbels with large colourful flowers that contrast well with dark green foliage. Excellent for containers, flower beds or for mixed planting in hanging baskets. Will trail over the edge of containers. Tender annual, space plants 25-30cm apart, grow in full sun. Sow at 24C cover medium vermiculite Jan through to April. Sowing on dryer compost for best results, water when required. |
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| Verbena Imagination Annual An all purpose Verbena with a spreading and hanging habit. Flowers of deep violet blue produced on a plant with spread and height of 30cm. Ideal in a Hanging Basket or Container.
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| Verbena Sterling
Star 20cm Annual A new colour in Verbena speciosa, a nice addition to compliment 'Imagination'. Sterling Star has masses of silvery blue flowers on spreading plants with fine foliage. Flowers all summer long. A superb plant for hanging baskets and other containers.
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| Verbena Blue
Lagoon 20cm Annual A beautiful true blue without an eye, this variety has slender attractive dark green foliage and good mildew tolerance. Upright and compact plants.
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The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number
of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different
sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind
you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already
have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule
of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and
fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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