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.