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Verbena Purple
£15.00
2 Litre pot
Key information
Verbena Purple is a must-have for wildlife-friendly gardens, adding height, movement and long-lasting colour. Tall, slender stems topped with clusters of vibrant purple flowers, attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Also known as Verbena bonariensis, Soto love this low maintenance plant for cottage gardens and prairie-style planting.
Save 20% on outdoor plants and pre-designed borders before February 28th! Discounts are automatically applied at the checkout. Plants will be delivered in the spring. A member of the Soto team will be in touch in March to arrange a suitable date for delivery.
Good to know
Flowering
Pollinator
Pet friendly
Add a Small pot
Delivery & Returns
SOTO GARDENS EDITS AND COLLECTIONS: Soto deliver nationwide for all individual plants, pots and accessories via our courier partner, DPD within 3-7 working days. Outdoor plants will be delivered from the 18th March, a member of the Soto team will be in touch closer to the time. From the 18th March, Soto border collections are hand delivered within 3-7 working days to Greater London and the Home Counties. Please get in touch if you live outside these areas. Delivery is free for all orders over £50. For orders under £50, we charge £6. If you would like your order delivered after this period, please let us know when you’d like to take receipt in the delivery notes. Soto Guests, including BIG GREEN EGG and FLOWERBX are delivered in accordance with their T&C’s. Please see our delivery and returns page for more information. Please contact Soto if you’ve any questions.
Top Tip
Deadhead spent flowers to encourage prolonged blooming and prevent self-seeding if you prefer controlled growth.
How to care for Verbena Purple
Aspect
Sun
Verbena Purple thrives in full sun, best planted in sheltered spots to protect from strong winds.
Care Level
Easy
Deadhead after flowering to encourage prolonged blooming throughout the season.
Watering
Regularly when newly planted
Water regularly when young, but once established, it's drought-tolerant and requires little watering.
Feeding
Compost
Plant with lots of good quality, peat-free compost. Feed in spring and summer for strong growth and abundant flowers.
Soil
Tolerates most soils
Prefers well-draining, moderately fertile soil but Verbena does tolerate poor, dry, and sandy soils once mature.
Quick facts
BOTANICAL NAME
Verbena bonariensis
PLANT TYPE
Flowers every year (perennial)
RECOMMENDED SOTO POT SIZE
Small
HARDINESS
Hardy
NURSERY POT SIZE
2L
TOXICITY
None that are reported.
FLOWERING PERIOD
June - September
EVENTUAL GROWTH (1-2 YEARS)
Height - 1m-1.5m, Width - 0.5m
White Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora)
In this Soto Masterclass, Max introduces the White Foxglove, which is also known as the Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora, a very similar relation to the Sutton's Apricot Foxglove.
The White Foxglove loves to bask in the sun and provides elegant points of interest to the scheme. Loved by pollinators they are a focal point within a border.
Max explains that as a biennial the flowers have a two year life cycle, with flowers at their best in the second year.
Watch Max demonstrate how to spread the seeds of the foxglove to grow more plants. He explains, when, how and where to cut the foxglove stem with secateurs and how to feed them with compost after. Max reveals this is a job which can be done into late Autumn.
This guide shows how to encourage a smaller second flush of flowers in the summer. Read the full Masterclass on pruning a foxglove here.
