Scientific Name: Verbena canadensis
Common Name: trailing verbena
Family Name: Verbenaceae
Origin: Canada - eastern
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Irregular, Pendulous, Spreading
Form: Irregular, Mounded, Weeping
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Crenate, Dentate
Flowers: Spike, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Nut, Brown
Key ID Features:
Leaves lobed, bases triangular; flowers pink to purple, in terminal clusters forming a flat-topped inflorescence.