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Thank you for your lovely message. Verbenas are beautiful and so easy to grow and maintain. I’m glad it was a success with the kids at school. Thank you for watching.😊🤗
Just catching-up with some of your earlier videos. I love this plant. Have planted one of these and 3 Verbena Buenos Aires in my small garden. I plant for wildlife, and you're right, the bees, butterflies, and day flying moths; especially the Humming Bird Hawk Moth, absolutely love them as well! Keep up the good work.
Love the video LUcia! Thank you soo much for sharing your knowledge and experience with this beautiful plant. I wanted to ask if is it possible, or what will be the best moment to dig it out and change a little bit the location of my main plant? My verbena is massive :) I also wanted to ask if you know what is it for a plant in the 5:13 minute of your video? This beautiful yellow plant? Thank you in advance!
Hello Paulina! Thank you very much for your lovely comment. 🥰 Indeed verbena is an amazing plant and it creates interest in the garden for most of the year if you don’t prune it before winter. When it comes to moving or dividing the plant, you can do this in spring or even now if the soil isn’t frozen. It depends on where you are in the world as well. And to answer your question about the yellow flowering plant from the video, that’s a variety of Achillea (yarrow), they’re very worthy plants, too. I hope this answers your questions. Thank you again for watching and I wish you all the best! 😊
@@LuciaBukovaLushspaces thank you very much Lucia for your prompt and informative response. I’m based in London and will try to move it this month. All the best for you!
@@paulinapiesta657 I live in London, too and I think it’s still pretty cold to do that here. I’d rather wait til spring to transplant it. You’d be on the safe side then. Better wait than to kill it, it’s too precious 🥰
Thank you for all of this information. A gorgeous video. I planted two of these this year and I’m wondering, do they grow as a clump and if so, can they be divided?
Thank you very much for your lovely comment, Kim. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful. Yes, the form a clump, which you can also divide in spring, but most likely the self-seeded plants will be thriving better than the divided transplanted plant. I hope this helps, good luck with tour beautiful verbenas and I hope you’ll enjoy my other videos, too. Take care.😊
@@tommyhodges2105 The best thing is to prune them down in spring (or when you see the new growth). You can be quite harsh and prune them down almost to the ground (about 10cm above the ground) or just above the first new shoots. And obviously, definitely take off any dead or diseased stems to make space for new ones. I should make a video on this once I’m going to be trimming my down. Thank you for watching, Tommy.😊
Please do about ornamental grass. I am afraid to add them in my garden because some are invasive. My garden is very small. I want few to dot around but I don't know what to choose.
Thank you for you comment and the suggestion. I definitely will make a video on ornamental grasses in the future. The best start is to define the garden conditions (soil, sun/shade, border size,wind) and also think what you are trying to achieve and what interest you are looking for. Unity is always the best policy for small gardens especially. So think less is more. Good luck and let me know if you need any help. 😊
Hi Gidge, thank you for your question. Deadheading will increase the flowering season, although most perennial varieties will flower until the first frosts anyway. I personally don’t deadhead it, because I want them to self-seed and I enjoy their spent flower heads. Plus, it’s less maintenance 😜 What you could do is to deadhead some and leave the rest, in that case you get the best of both worlds. I hope this helps. 😊🌸
Thank you for watching!🙏 I’d sow it indoors in warm place about 8-12 weeks before your last frost. Hopefully by then, you’ll have nice seedlings/plants to plant outside after the frost has passed. You can then also direct sow and you’ll see which one does better. I guess in your climate, verbena will be more of an annual. Here it’s a perennial and it self seeds everywhere, I absolutely love it!🥰 I’d try to put some seeds to cold stratify (put them in a freezer) for about a week or two before sowing, as well. Like this you will definitely see what works best for you. I hope this helped! Let me know how you got on.☺️👍
question I Have a verbena bonariensis plant and I see all kinds of soaps and lotions and air fresheners with Verbena scents.... how can you harvest this from the plant is it from the leaves or the flowers?
Thank you for the question again, Demethress😊 When it comes to scented goods from verbena, this is most likely from the scented verbena plants, like for example lemon verbena, which is a herb. In this case, the foliage mostly is harvested and used. I guess you can use verbena bonariensis flowers as a decoration within a soap or anything. Unfortunately, they’re not perfumed. I hope this helps.😊 Thank you again for watching and commenting 🙏🏻
Thank you. Enjoyed your video. I just planted some verbena bonariensis so wonderful to get more information. Of the other varieties you mentioned, would they all be suitable as a cut flower? i.e. would they be tall like the bonariensis?
You are welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I believe bonariensis is the tallest and most airy but the others would also be suitable for cut flowers, only with shorter stems. If you are after that airy look maybe try gypsophila. 😊 Thank you very much for watching my videos. 😊🙏🏻
I’d say all of them, bonariensis is a bee magnet but also the lower varieties are very nectar rich. In general, any open flower is popular with the bees and butterflies. Thank you for watching and your lovely comment! Keep up the good work!❤️ 🐝 🦋🌸
Dear Bana Juma, The herb you are referring to is most likely lemon verbena rather than verbena bonariensis (only decorative plant). Hope this helps. Thank you for your question and have a lovely day😊
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Such a pretty plant. Thanks for showcasing them.
Glad you like them! Thank you for watching ☺️🙏
This is one of my favorite plants. It self sows in my Zone 5B garden. I transplant them wherever I want them to grow .
Same here! Such a hard working beautiful plant! Gives me a lot of joy☺️
Excellent. Very thorough and I love that you gave so many design ideas too.
Thank you for your lovely comment, Barbara.
I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the video and also the tips. Have a good day!😊
Fabulous post. Thank you. We have hsed this in our school for our new horticulture class. The verbena were very successful. Brilliant thanks
Thank you for your lovely message. Verbenas are beautiful and so easy to grow and maintain. I’m glad it was a success with the kids at school. Thank you for watching.😊🤗
Just catching-up with some of your earlier videos. I love this plant. Have planted one of these and 3 Verbena Buenos Aires in my small garden. I plant for wildlife, and you're right, the bees, butterflies, and day flying moths; especially the Humming Bird Hawk Moth, absolutely love them as well! Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much for your supportive words ❤️
Love the video LUcia! Thank you soo much for sharing your knowledge and experience with this beautiful plant. I wanted to ask if is it possible, or what will be the best moment to dig it out and change a little bit the location of my main plant? My verbena is massive :) I also wanted to ask if you know what is it for a plant in the 5:13 minute of your video? This beautiful yellow plant? Thank you in advance!
Hello Paulina! Thank you very much for your lovely comment. 🥰
Indeed verbena is an amazing plant and it creates interest in the garden for most of the year if you don’t prune it before winter.
When it comes to moving or dividing the plant, you can do this in spring or even now if the soil isn’t frozen. It depends on where you are in the world as well.
And to answer your question about the yellow flowering plant from the video, that’s a variety of Achillea (yarrow), they’re very worthy plants, too.
I hope this answers your questions. Thank you again for watching and I wish you all the best! 😊
@@LuciaBukovaLushspaces thank you very much Lucia for your prompt and informative response. I’m based in London and will try to move it this month. All the best for you!
@@paulinapiesta657 I live in London, too and I think it’s still pretty cold to do that here. I’d rather wait til spring to transplant it. You’d be on the safe side then. Better wait than to kill it, it’s too precious 🥰
@@LuciaBukovaLushspaces brilliant! Thank you! I will wait then :)
Very informative, thank you.
Thank you very much, I’m glad you found it helpful 😊
Beautiful 🥰💚💓🙏🏽
Thank you very much🥰
Thank you for all of this information. A gorgeous video. I planted two of these this year and I’m wondering, do they grow as a clump and if so, can they be divided?
Thank you very much for your lovely comment, Kim. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and found it helpful.
Yes, the form a clump, which you can also divide in spring, but most likely the self-seeded plants will be thriving better than the divided transplanted plant. I hope this helps, good luck with tour beautiful verbenas and I hope you’ll enjoy my other videos, too. Take care.😊
@@LuciaBukovaLushspaces I planted the two of these 2020. The leaves are still good and strong. What can I do with faded flower? Should I cut it off.?
@@tommyhodges2105 The best thing is to prune them down in spring (or when you see the new growth). You can be quite harsh and prune them down almost to the ground (about 10cm above the ground) or just above the first new shoots. And obviously, definitely take off any dead or diseased stems to make space for new ones. I should make a video on this once I’m going to be trimming my down. Thank you for watching, Tommy.😊
Please do about ornamental grass. I am afraid to add them in my garden because some are invasive. My garden is very small. I want few to dot around but I don't know what to choose.
Thank you for you comment and the suggestion. I definitely will make a video on ornamental grasses in the future. The best start is to define the garden conditions (soil, sun/shade, border size,wind) and also think what you are trying to achieve and what interest you are looking for. Unity is always the best policy for small gardens especially. So think less is more. Good luck and let me know if you need any help. 😊
Do you need to deadhead the bonariensis?
Hi Gidge, thank you for your question. Deadheading will increase the flowering season, although most perennial varieties will flower until the first frosts anyway. I personally don’t deadhead it, because I want them to self-seed and I enjoy their spent flower heads. Plus, it’s less maintenance 😜
What you could do is to deadhead some and leave the rest, in that case you get the best of both worlds. I hope this helps. 😊🌸
I’m in zone 6a. Do you recommend direct sow or start indoors? If indoors, what is the best method? Thank you!
Thank you for watching!🙏 I’d sow it indoors in warm place about 8-12 weeks before your last frost. Hopefully by then, you’ll have nice seedlings/plants to plant outside after the frost has passed. You can then also direct sow and you’ll see which one does better. I guess in your climate, verbena will be more of an annual. Here it’s a perennial and it self seeds everywhere, I absolutely love it!🥰 I’d try to put some seeds to cold stratify (put them in a freezer) for about a week or two before sowing, as well. Like this you will definitely see what works best for you. I hope this helped! Let me know how you got on.☺️👍
question I Have a verbena bonariensis plant and I see all kinds of soaps and lotions and air fresheners with Verbena scents.... how can you harvest this from the plant is it from the leaves or the flowers?
Thank you for the question again, Demethress😊
When it comes to scented goods from verbena, this is most likely from the scented verbena plants, like for example lemon verbena, which is a herb. In this case, the foliage mostly is harvested and used.
I guess you can use verbena bonariensis flowers as a decoration within a soap or anything. Unfortunately, they’re not perfumed. I hope this helps.😊
Thank you again for watching and commenting 🙏🏻
@@LuciaBukovaLushspaces Great and thanks for the explanation...the leaves are very prickly. is that true of all the types of verbena plants?
You are most welcome!😊
Some of them are quite prickly
Thank you. Enjoyed your video. I just planted some verbena bonariensis so wonderful to get more information. Of the other varieties you mentioned, would they all be suitable as a cut flower? i.e. would they be tall like the bonariensis?
You are welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I believe bonariensis is the tallest and most airy but the others would also be suitable for cut flowers, only with shorter stems. If you are after that airy look maybe try gypsophila. 😊
Thank you very much for watching my videos. 😊🙏🏻
I plant my flower area for the bees and butterflies.What varieties of Verbena are best for this.
I’d say all of them, bonariensis is a bee magnet but also the lower varieties are very nectar rich. In general, any open flower is popular with the bees and butterflies. Thank you for watching and your lovely comment! Keep up the good work!❤️ 🐝 🦋🌸
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Is this the same plant to be used for drinking as a herbal tea
Dear Bana Juma,
The herb you are referring to is most likely lemon verbena rather than verbena bonariensis (only decorative plant).
Hope this helps.
Thank you for your question and have a lovely day😊
Not one word about deadheading...😠
I never deadhead mine
Me either
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