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woodspirit1 Lake Toxaway, NC(Zone 7a) May 27, 2001

I bought a beautiful flowering basket of purple verbena. We have had a lot of rain and cold and now it has stopped blooming altogether. Should it be dead-headed? Is it a heavy feeder? Any other recommendations would be appreciated.

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) May 29, 2001

Woodspirit
Deadheading will make it look better. It likes warmth and sunshine. It is a heavy feeder and an acid plant food is good or you can add a tablespoon epsom salts to a gal. of water and water with that (in addition to regular plantfood). As soon as it warms up and the sun comes out, it should recover. Aphids and spidermites like the verbena, so watch for them.
Calalily

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lindap Oct 12, 2001

I'm curious & hope you can help. Ordinarily we treat verbena as an annual (tender perennial) here in zone 5, but my "Purple Homestead" verbena came back HUGE this year,...covering about 8 sq. feet of my border. Did it spread by underground runners or did it self-seed? (this is the verbena with the very stiff, almost sticky-feeling sharply-toothed leaves & about 3 months of stead purple blooms). They offshoots seem to be separate plants almost & the ones I brought inside for a vase drop quite a few seeds as they age. Does anyone know whether this is self-seeding or whether this is my original plant just getting BIG?? (I'm saving the seeds, regardless.)

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