Scientific Name:	Verbena x hybrida
Pronunciation:	vur-BEE-nuh ex HIB-rih-duh
Common Name:	verbena, hybrid verbena
Family Name:	Verbenaceae
Plant Type:	Annual
Key ID Features:	Florets with five petals each with 2 lobes, arranged in a dome-shaped cyme .
Course(s):	HORT 1193/1293, HORT 2355, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Horizontal, Open, Pendulous, Spreading Form: Mounded, Weeping Texture: Medium - fine Mature Size: Height: 0.2 - 0.4m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Central America Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Opposite Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Colour in Summer: Green Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Decurrent Margins: Dentate

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Cyme Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Violet, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Magenta Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul, Sep, Oct

Fruit Type: Aborted (hybrids) or absent Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Fibrous-like roots

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings, Stem tip cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Aphids or adelgids, Mildew, Mites, Rust, Scale insects, Slugs or snails, Whitefly or psyllids, Rabbit resistant

Location(s): (BED) BEDding, container, or basket (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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