Moss Verbena

Verbena tenuisecta

Characteristics

Culture

Transform a hillside into a shimmering carpet with Moss Verbena. It has lovely blooms in hues of purple, plum, or white. Terminal clusters of tiny compound flowers form a bouquet above the fern-like foliage. This perennial also performs well as a container plant and will attract butterflies to your patio.  The plants in this genus have been valued for generations as hardy, ornamental butterfly attractions.  Easily grown in average, medium moisture soils in full sun. Tolerates light shade, but best flowering is usually in full sun. Good heat and drought tolerance. 

Noteworthy Characteristics

Moss verbena is native to South America, which means it’s no stranger to sun, heat or drought. This hardy ground cover makes itself equally at home on slopes and banks, in rock gardens, and in planters and hanging baskets. The tiny colorful blooms are borne in large round clusters on the ends of herbaceous branches and, though the purple varieties are most common, it can also be found in lovely shades of pink and white. Regardless of their hue, butterflies find the bountiful flowers irresistible. Moss verbena’s deep green, fern-like foliage stays especially low to the ground when grown in full sun, and only reaches up to a foot in height when grown in shade.

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems.

Garden Uses

Beds, borders, rock gardens, edging or annual ground cover. Containers, baskets and window boxes.