Growing Verbenas in Your Houston, Texas Garden

Verbenas are a beautiful choice for your Houston, Texas garden. Blossoming in colors that include lavender, pink, purple and multicolor, Verbenas will attract lots of butterflies to your garden. Many are Texas natives, and you'll find them to be both drought tolerant and disease resistant, as well as cold hardy! They are great choices for groundcover, container gardens, mixed borders and rock gardens. Many of the varieties of Verbena that do well in the Houston, Texas climate are perennials, which makes any time and effort you put into cultivating them well worth it. If you think you would enjoy growing Verbenas in your Houston, Texas garden, try planting some of the varieties below.

Blue Princess. This Texas Superstar will bloom from spring through the first frost with gorgeous lavender flowers. Plant these Verbenas in full sun in the fall, where they will grow to be about twelve inches tall. They are disease resistant and drought tolerant, and their three inch clusters of flowers will bring butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden. These Verbenas are a good choice for rock gardens or mixed borders, and do best in well-drained soil.

Homestead Purple. These Verbenas will make an excellent groundcover for your Houston, Texas garden, and they also do very well in containers. Plant them in full to partial sun in the fall, and enjoy their showy purple clusters from spring until frost. These Verbenas are disease resistant and drought tolerant, and will also attract butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden. They do best in well-drained soil.

Moss Pink. The lacy foliage and three-inch clusters of lavender-pink flowers on these Verbenas are sure to add a touch of beauty to your Houston, Texas garden. This Texas native will also bring butterflies to your Houston garden. Plant them in full sun in the spring, and they will bloom all summer and fall. These Verbenas are a great choice for rock gardens or to use as groundcover. They are also disease resistant and drought tolerant.

Sissinghurst. If you are looking for coral, pink and red flowers for your Houston, Texas garden, try planting this variety of Verbena. They do best when planted in full sun in the fall or early spring, and will bloom from spring through the first frost. They are also root hardy and will regrow in the spring. These Verbenas are a great choice for mixed borders or container gardens, where they will attract lots of butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden.

Superbena. This Verbena hybrid is a great choice for low maintenance gardening. They are disease resistant, drought tolerant, and very attractive to butterflies. Plant them in full sun in the spring in your Houston, Texas garden, and enjoy their blooms from spring through fall. These Verbenas come in colors that include purple, red, pink, lilac and coral. They are a perfect choice for groundcover as they will spread easily (and vigorously!) They can also take cold temperatures down to fifteen degrees (unlikely in Houston, Texas.)

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