RE: Verbena hastata 'Polaris'
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Verbena hastata 'Polaris'
- From: S* S*
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:41:38 -0700
Your varities sound short then? I thought what I was getting was the 5'
tall type. Bother. Guess I better do more homework.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daryl & Julie [l*@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:27 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Verbena hastata 'Polaris'
>
>
> Susan,
> Perhaps Dan was selling Verbena hastata 'Polaris.' This
> differs from the species in that the flowers are the palest
> china blue, almost white. I grow 'Polaris' and the regular
> species, which, as you noted, has lavender flowers. Both
> grow about 2' tall and have tuberous roots. Because plants
> spread by rhizomes, they both have the potential to become
> nuisances in rich, moist soil.
> I have no problems with containment since mine are used as a
> blooming groundcover in dry, hard clay.
> J.L. Hudson offers seed of V. hastata; I have also noticed
> 'Polaris' seed for sale, which tells me it must come fairly
> true from seed. All Verbenas need 3 months of moist
> stratification at 40F to germinate.
>
> Best,
> Julie Finn
> Zone 7b and 10a
>
>
>
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