All listed sizes available for pre-order until March 15th. Quantities may become limited as the season gets underway.
Sizes - Availability - Price
4 Inch Pots - Pre-Order Available - $5.00
Quart Pots - Pre-Order Available - $8.00
1 Gallon Pot - Coming Fall 2026 - $12.00
Height - 5 Feet
Light Needs - Full Sun / Part Shade
Soil Preferences - Clay/Loam/Sand
Moisture Range - Wet-Medium
Advantages - Pollinator Specialist / Supports Birds
Deer Resistance - Yes
Bloom Time - July-September
Bloom Color - Blue/Purple
Root Type - Fibrous
Growth Habit - Mounding
Plant Profile
Blue Vervain - (Verbena Hastata) is a native wildflower that spreads slowly through rhizomes and self-seeding. It can grow in disturbed sites and is commonly found in moist meadows, thickets, pastures, riversides, marshes, ditches, and river-bottom prairies.
The plant forms clumps of stiff upright stems with lanced-shaped leaves with toothed margins. The purple flowers occur in a candelabra-shaped panicle and are a high-value nectar plant with a long bloom season. Blooms open bottom to top with only a few open at one time in mid to late summer.
Plant in full sun to partial shade in medium to wet soils. By pinching the tops early in the season, you can encourage branching and a bushier growth habit. Blue Vervain is a great plant for moist sites such as around ponds, bogs or water/rain gardens, but will still work in home landscapes of average moisture.
Highly Important Host
(3 or fewer types of host plants for species)
Verbena Groundling - Fine-Lined Swallow - Turtlehead Borer - Spotted Phosphila
Generally Important Host
(4 or more host plants for species)
Bilobed Looper Moth - Common Looper Moth - Common Buckeye - Verbena Moth - Reticulated Fruitworm Moth - Wandering Tiger Moth