How high's your Verbena??

[CandJ]

Our Verbena (is it called Boniarensis?) is currently 7 and a half foot high and apparently still growing. This is way way higher than it ever grew before. Is this a record?

[SueA]

Beats mine CandJ! Mine's about 4ft tall I think so 7ft sounds pretty tall to me.

[cottage garden]

My garden in covered in Verbena Bonariensis...It self seeds everywhere and is great for flowers arranging. After reading your post I stood next to a few and the highest is only about 6 feet.

I think it depends if you cut them down in winter or not. If they are cut down, then they become much bushier and shorter.

I love 'em

[pigletwillie]

I have 20 odd plants grown from seed and did not realise that they got quite so big.

[seasprout]

Pretty.

They make fantastic landing pads for butterflys and bees. Its funny to watch the flowers 'nodding' as the bees fly away as their weight is removed from the flowers.

Boing.

[sewer rat]

Beats mine too. Grew some last year for first time from seed I got free with a mag. All reached about six ft and no more.

[nick the grief]

mine usually makes around 5-6ft but it's growing in the gravel ! but you get this occasionally. I had 1 plant of Hidcote Lavender left so I bunged it in a bed where it was all sub soil from the pond excavations & that made about 5ft tall & 6ft across !!! the others only made the regulation 2 ft ish!

[Thursdays....Child]

My verbena have just come through, my goodness I wonder if they are genuine? They are just like little hairs stood up from the soil. I have never seen such small seedlings..lol. When should they pricked out, they look so delicate? Any advice would be most welcome.

[smallblueplanet]

Hiya T_C, leave them growing until they have at least a pair of 'real' leaves (and are big enough to be handled safely). I can't remember how big verbena b seedlings are, but the ones that spring up between the paving slabs on our patio don't seem too 'fragile'!

[Thursdays....Child]

Many thanks Manda.... I will let you know if they are successful in the future!

[Sue]

Blimey
I've got six of them growing in the cold frame, they look so innocent, don't look like potential six footers at all - respect....
Won't put them at the front of the border then....
Sue

[mapcr77]

Mine are just seedlings, didn't know they'd get so big! :-S

[pigletwillie]

The ones I grew from seed stand about 4' high and thats after a winter trim.

[deezyb]

i only tried to grow a few of these last year, but my cats dessimated a couple but I had one left, which grew to about 5ft! I was chuffed with this. However PW, you mention a winter trim - I cut mines down to about 2 inches above soil level! a mistake you think??

I have other seedlings growing on the windowsill so may get anothr few plants, if the cats don't get there first!