Blue Vervain - Verbena hastata

Phonetic: ver-BEE-nuh hass-TAH-tuh

Blue Vervain is a highly valuable pollinator plant due to it's impressively long bloom season and nectar production. It is an important food source for bees and butterflies and it's seeds are a favorite of many birds! It is also a host plant for the specialist verbena bee and the larval host of the verbena moth and common buckeye butterfly. It's towering blue-purple spikes add interest to any planting, but are a particular favorite in meadow plantings and rain gardens.

• Native Region: BONAP Map
• BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key
• Sun Exposure:  Full Sun to Partial Shade
• Flower Color:  Blue
• Bloom Time:  June, July, August, September, October
• Soil Type:  Wet- Medium
• Mature Plant Size:  2-5'H, 1-1.5'W
• Plant Spacing:  1'
• Host Plant: Verbena bee, verbena moth, common buckeye butterfly
• Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies
  
• Landscape Uses:  Butterfly garden, cottage gardens, perennial borders, pond and stream edges, wet meadows
• Companion Plants:  Boneset, Joe Pye Weed, Goldenrods