Types and varieties of verbena

Verbena is a very common plant among gardeners. Refers to a type of shrub or semi-shrub. Its flowers come in a wide variety of colors. And some types of vervain are used medicinally to improve health.

It got its name because of its dissected, elongated leaf shape. For comparison, you can look at the leaves of dill. This verbena will emanate a bright, pleasant aroma. And the flowering process itself is delayed, up to frost.

Graceful, thinnest shoots, spherical inflorescences - all this is about an exquisite beautiful verbena. This is a beautiful annual plant, it grows up to 25-30 cm, and in width it can reach up to one and a half meters. In various pots, in a suspended state, this verbena will perfectly decorate and transform the space.

This variety has been quite popular lately. It is easy to grow, and it will delight you for more than three months.

Differences from other varieties.

1. Openwork leaves. They add splendor to the culture.

2. Rooting shoots. They grow together so that you get something like a dense pillow.

3. Volumetric crown. All flowers form a large and beautiful hat that looks very nice and attractive.

Any kind of verbena can have a wide variety of color shades. This is white, and red, and yellow, and pink, as well as purple and purple. The list can be very long. Each verbena variety has a unique description of its appearance.

For example, the Etna variety is distinguished by a white middle, wrinkled verbena is the owner of lilac-lilac flowers, and the King of the Blue has a dark purple color of inflorescences, Khastata pleases with an abundance of blue flowers.

Verbena is a bushy plant that grows branchy and extensively. The color of the bush is usually deep dark green. And due to the dullness of the leaves, the plant looks very noble.

One of the interesting varieties is Hastata's verbena. This plant is available in several colors: blue, pink, dark pink. In appearance, it looks quite attractive. On the branched spiers, small, delicate flowers flaunt.

If we consider large-flowered plants, then hybrid verbena is ideal for this description. It is a creeping plant, and the flowers are raised in large and bright caps.

This type of verbena only grows up to 20 cm in height. It has a tetrahedral stem on which leaves grow in pairs. The color of buds and inflorescences can be pleasant pink, calm white or purple.

This difficult to pronounce variety has graceful, openwork leaves that spread. And on its shoots there are curved flowers that form lilac balls. If you look closely, the petals at the flowering lie down and cover each other so that it looks like a tile.

Hard verbena also has several names: thin, tuberous. The difference between this plant and all the others is that all flowers are very small, collected in small bundles, similar to spikelets: the main one and two lateral ones. And its leaves are sharp, rough, hard and tough. The color scheme can be very different. There are varieties with colors ranging from delicate blues to vibrant and rich purples and pinks.

Verbena's stems reach 50-60 cm. In addition to flower beds, it will be very convenient to plant it in pots and hanging pots - in hanging compositions, you can achieve interesting cascades.

This plant gets along well with crops blooming at the end of summer (various cereals) and late perennials (yarrow, crocosmia). Verbena is suitable both as an accent plant and as a background plant.

Buenos Aires verbena is very tall and is one of the largest varieties. The length of its stems can reach 130 centimeters in height. The inflorescences are airy and formed from small flowers, painted in pink-purple, amethyst colors.

This plant has a main, central stem that grows upward. All other stems are located on the sides of the base of the bush, that is, they grow sprawling.

If you want to achieve a delicate and pleasant texture, as well as add any accent to your garden, then feel free to plant Buenos Aires Verbena. It is best if you plant it in about 6 pieces in the far or middle ground.

Argentine vervain is also called Bonar. The plant is lush and abundantly flowering, and it is also perennial. Such a plant blooms all summer, and the duration of the preservation of flowers can drag on until October. Therefore, this flower will decorate the garden and delight your eyes for a long period.

The Argentine verbena bush is considered erect and can grow up to 1.6 meters. The leaves are slightly sharp, of a dark green hue.

The fruit of this plant is interesting. It is a brown nut. If you plan to grow this flower, then the nut must be dried. To do this, it is torn off and left in a dry place for a couple of days. After that, you can open it, and get all the seeds.

The spear or blue verbena is so named because the flowers grow on the stems, forming a spear-like shape. It also resembles a spikelet. Inflorescences are branched, flowering is lilac in color.

This plant looks very elegant and will perfectly fit into the landscape of a flower garden. This is a great decorative option.

When blue verbena is added to food, the dishes acquire a pleasant bitterness. In medicine, the use of this plant is carried out for the preparation of expectorants. For nosebleeds, crushed and dried spear verbena will help if you let the victim breathe it.

Lemon verbena is also used for medicinal purposes. It is a bright green plant in appearance. It blooms with panicles of purple tones. The plant also has a second name - three-leafed aloisia.

This plant is very useful, because it contains a large amount of essential oils that will help normalize the processes in the digestive system. And also these oils have an effect on the nervous system as a tonic. It is important to remember that these substances are used as aromatherapy.

In order to improve all processes in the intestines, various decoctions are prepared from verbena.And also decoctions can be used for sore throat, sore throat.

Hybrid verbena is most commonly found on shelves in gardening stores. This verbena has several varieties.

• Low compact. Its height ranges from 20 to 35 centimeters. The bushes are very small, but quite dense with erect stems.

• Mammoth. It was not called that for nothing, because it has large flowers. And its height is about 60 cm.

• Ideal. A vibrant blend with fragrant flowers. The bush is compact, up to 30 centimeters high.

The sizes of hybrid varieties can be either very small, about 10 cm, or many times larger. It all depends on the variety of the hybrid plant itself.

Flowers are collected in umbrellas, a lush cap of inflorescences is formed. The fruit of such a verbena is called a nut or a box. Flowering continues for 3-4 months starting in July.

If the cultivation of hybrid verbena takes place in warm, favorable climatic conditions, then this plant becomes perennial.

A mixture of a wide variety of flowers from this plant will look great in your front garden if you want to achieve brightness and interesting design.