Learn how to care for your green friend

Garden verbena

Verbena × hybrida

Seasonal plants · Planned variety

Meet your green friend.

Garden verbena is a tender perennial hybrid grown as annual bedding with flat clusters of small starry summer flowers.

Why you’ll love it

  • A long summer flowering season adds colour to mixed displays.
  • Spreading or trailing cultivars soften container edges.

A space where it can thrive

Outdoor garden or drainage-hole container in the suitable season.

Ask about availability

Availability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.

Outdoor seasonal basket

Growing in a hanging basket

Choose a spreading or trailing cultivar. Give sun, good drainage and regular moisture checks; trim spent growth to maintain shape.

Use a container with drainage and a secure support rated for its fully watered weight. Check moisture at the root ball and empty collected drainage water.

Studio basket illustration. Colours, growth, basket size and availability vary.

Hanging basket care reference
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Your care routine

Light

Full sun, ideally at least 6 hours daily.

Watering

Water when the surface begins to dry; soak, then let excess drain.

Soil & drainage

Well-drained potting mix for containers; fertile, freely draining soil in garden beds.

Fertilizer

Use balanced liquid flower fertilizer every 2–4 weeks during active growth at the product label rate; stop when dormant.

Temperature

Best in mild to warm growing weather; tender new growth should be planted after frost risk passes.

Humidity

Outdoor humidity is suitable; allow airflow and avoid prolonged wet foliage.

Through the seasons

In Metro Vancouver, protect from frost and prolonged winter rain; seasonal display does not imply winter hardiness. Confirm cultivar hardiness before leaving outdoors.

When your plant needs help

  • Powdery mildew
  • aphids

Pets & little ones

Pet and child safety is not confirmed in this profile; keep out of reach and do not ingest.

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Care references

Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.