Is your verbena starting to wilt? While you might be eager to get your secateurs out, experts say that may not be needed ...

Here, we demystify the deadheading verbena debate and, should you feel deadheading verbena is right for your plants and your yard, we explain how to do this in simple steps.

Empress series which includes both trailing and semi-trailing types of verbena with eye-catching flower colors that stay a compact 8-10 inches tall but can spread up to 18 inches wide.

Some varieties of this popular plant are better than others, however. In fact, the LSU AgCenter has selected Homestead Purple verbena as one of the very best, naming it a "Louisiana Super Plant ...

Question: I have a trailing purple verbena that won't bloom. It is in a container, not in the ground, and gets lots of sun. What is the problem?

Trailing Verbena Mr Eyles explained: "With masses of delicate flowers, Verbena are invaluable for tying your basket display together. "They will flower for months on end too." To keep your ...

It is the perennial verbena that looks best in the hot, stressful summer months. Homestead Purple is also the longest-lived trailing verbena, often persisting for three or four years in the garden.

* Scientific name: Verbena X hybrida * Growth habit: A trailing perennial often planted as an annual growing to 12 inches tall and 2 feet wide. The leaves are medium to dark green, ovate in shape w… ...

Empress series which includes both trailing and semi-trailing types of verbena with eye-catching flower colors that stay a compact 8-10 inches tall but can spread up to 18 inches wide.

Courtesy photo/John Garaventa Red Bluff Garden Club member John Garaventa planted Bone on a Stick-Verbena Bonariensis in his front garden and backyard succulent garden.

This Christmas dessert is a panettone and mango trifle loaded with lemon verbena and verjuice jelly, and salted-lime meringue on top.