Verbena hybrida seed

LATIN NAME: VERBENA HYBRIDA

COMMON NAME: Garden Verbena

The garden verbena posies the low, spreading stems with the finely divided, dark-green leaves and the dense, rounded heads of the small, five-lobed flowers in the rich shades of the purple, the pink, the red, and the white, each head with the white eye, opening through the summer into the autumn. The flowers cover the plant in the long, bright bloom, and they carry the fresh, sweet scent. The plant grows into the tidy, trailing form, and it stands the heat well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the verbena family, the garden hybrids have a long, bright record in the bedding-plant research, and the species appears in the studies of the flower colours and the heat tolerance. The work covers the seed biology and the way the heads hold the long bloom, while the horticulturists value the easy, trailing habit. The butterfly flowers keep the ecologists interested, and the breeders of the trailing bedding plants keep the species in their programmes.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the sunny garden, the garden verbena posies the border with the colour all summer. The dense, bright heads feed the butterflies and the bees, the plant trails well over the beds, the baskets and the walls, and the leaves have served the traditional preparations for the ages. It grows well in the light, well-drained, sunny ground. Bright, easy and long-blooming.

To grow the Garden Verbena from seed,

Press the seeds lightly into the surface of the moist flat, then cover them thinly, keep the flat in the warm, bright spot and mist gently

Keep the flat warm and gently misted, and pinch the tips for the bushy plants. The heads open within a couple of months.

. The seedlings spring up within a week or two, and they grow on steadily. Plant the young plants in the sunny, light ground, and the bright heads will posy the border through the summer.

Verbena (Verbena Hybrida Florist Mix) – Verbena is a hardy annual plant that produces beautiful, colorful, blossoms of flowers. This fragrant annual seed mix does very well in hot and dry regions. Excellent for window boxes, borders, and rock gardens. There is no better spreading plant that blooms all season long than this verbena florist mix. Great for colorful shows and is easily grown from flower seeds.
Sow in spring: February to April
Sow 6 to 8 weeks before planting outdoors. Sow very finely onto the surface of pots containing moist seed compost. Cover with a sprinkling of sieved soil and cover the container with dark paper or similar as the seeds need the dark to germinate. Place the container in a dark place.
Keep moist, watering from the base of the container but do not saturate the compost. Keep at a temperature of 18°C (65°F) in light. The seeds usually germinate around 14 to 28 days, but may take up to 90 days to finish germinating. Remove the cover once they begin to germinate to allow air to circulate (otherwise they may suffer from damping off) and reduce the temperature to around 15°C (60°F), a warm kitchen windowsill is often sufficient.