Description
Scientific name: Verbena stricta
Range: Native to the eastern U.P. and Wisconsin
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Sand, Loam
Moisture: Dry, Medium
Benefits: Butterflies, Pollinators, Hummingbirds, Host Plant, Deer Resistant
Height: 2-4′
Blooms: July-Sept
Zones: 3-8
Color: Lavender
Spacing: 1′
Root: Fibrous
Hoary vervain provides a welcome punch of cool blue lavender among the warm colors of summer. Hummingbirds like to travel up and down its spires sipping from the tiny blossoms, and pollinators love it too. Deer tend to give it a pass. While it will reseed, it is not aggressive and can be overwhelmed by grasses in meadow situations. But in the typical yard hoary vervain should hold its own.
