Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
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Blue Vervain is a Virginia native local-ecotype wildflower that typically reaches 3–5 ft and blooms in early summer, mid summer, late summer, and fall with violet/blue flowers. It offers valuable nectar and pollen, food or habitat for birds, and important larval-host relationships.
About This Plant
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture
- Medium, Medium to Wet, Wet
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spread
- 1–2 ft
- Bloom Time
- Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Mid Summer
- Bloom Color
- Violet/blue
- Garden Goals
- Attract Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant, Feed Birds, Help Native Bees, Host Caterpillars, Long Bloom Season, Support Pollinators
- Garden Uses
- Rain garden; wet meadow; pollinator garden; back border
- Wildlife Value
- Common Buckeye
Blue Vervain grows best in full sun or part shade with medium, medium to wet, or wet soil. At maturity, it is typically 3–5 ft tall and 1–2 ft wide. Its flowers, foliage, seeds, or fruit help support hummingbirds, butterflies, native bees, and birds. Notable wildlife value includes: Common Buckeye. It is well suited to Rain garden, wet meadow, pollinator garden, back border.
Good to know: Tall branching spikes; strong vertical structure.