Cultivating Verbena bonariensis gives you a chance to add a top-flight ornamental beauty to your garden. If you crave striking vertical flowers that can hold their own in borders or prairie-style displays, growing these verbena plants guarantees height, structure and drama. They also attract butterflies.
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04.11.2023 - 22:19 / ramblinginthegarden.wordpress.com / Cathy
Our nearby town always puts a lot of effort into its floral displays, on approaches into the town and in the main park at the foot of the castle, and is regularly the winner in its regional category of Britain in Bloom. Most of the plants used are annuals, but they do use some perennials of which I have been known to take the odd cutting or two. One year I decided to regularise this and emailed the local council to ask what they did with their plants at the end of the season, and if I could take the occasional cutting. It transpired that there is no longer such a thing as a ‘parks department’ and no facility for growing on or protecting plants; young plants are bought in, planted straight out and composted at the end of the season.
This year, part of their display in the banked beds at the foot of the castle included a whole row of the wonderful salvia shown above. Throwing them away at the end of the season seemed criminal to me, so I had been thinking of cuttings or, if I happened upon a team working on the borders, asking if I could possibly have a plant when they took them out. I do not visit the town centre frequently but had an appointment during the week and was walking across the park when I spotted a team removing plants from the display. I had time to spare before my appointment so took the plunge and spoke to the team leader. It transpired that it was no longer economic for them to raise annuals themselves, but the perennials were removed and retained. I asked if I might have cuttings of the salvia (confirmed as S ‘Mystic Spires’) before they were removed, so was taken aback to be asked if I wanted a plant instead! Although I had no means of carrying one, it was worth the effort to go to a shop and purchase a
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