Botanical Name: Common Names:
Verbena hybrida Lascar Compact Burgundy Vervain,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Groundcovers Dense, Spreading
Description:
Hardy perennial ground cover that provides mass displays of brilliant burgundy during Spring and Summer. Suited to planting around the edges of garden beds and as a display in pots or hanging baskets. Early flowering with a mounded, trailing habit and medium vigor, Lascar varieties have full centers and make fantastic mixed containers, pots, gallons or mono baskets.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
15-30cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Embankment, Groundcover, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Rockery, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Mites, Thrips
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Verbenaceae SouthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Burgundy
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate