Verbena hybrida Quartz Mix

Verbena or Quartz Verbena is a recent selection that brings together very compact plants that are resistant to powdery mildew, with flowers in bright and varied colours. The flowers open on very young plants and continue to bloom late in the season. They are gathered in large globular umbels at the end of fairly short stems, adorned with thin dark green foliage. Not demanding, these verbenas tolerate watering lapses and poor soils, but require full sun. Ideal in flower boxes, flower pots, and hanging baskets, their semi-trailing habit and neat appearance will also be appreciated in summer beds.

Quartz F1 Dwarf Verbena belongs to the verbena family and is a very recent horticultural hybrid whose ancestors inhabited the warm regions of South America. The 'Quartz' series brings together reliable varieties with bright and pure colours, whose short and branching stems do not elongate indefinitely therefore preventing the plant from appearing defoliated and unsightly. Instead each plant forms a compact and slightly trailing chunky tuft reaching a height of 25 cm (9.8 in) and spreading about 30 cm (11.8 in). It tirelessly produces stems that bear beautiful dense and round bouquets from early summer until the first frost. The flowers will be white, purple, mauve with a white heart, solid red, or red with a white heart. The shape of the flowers, widely open, evokes that of phlox. Perennial but tender, Quartz garden verbena succumbs to frost. It is grown as an annual in European climates, thanks to its rapid growth and flowering.

Garden verbenas are truly easy to grow, and will suffer more from excessive watering and feeding than from occasional neglect. They overflow from hanging baskets or slip between other upright plants in flowerpots or boxes, masking their feet without being affected by their presence. They are also very beautiful in rockeries, quickly filling in spaces left empty due to damage caused by a harsh winter. Create a beautiful hanging display by combining your Quartz verbenas with a red, white, or bright pink pelargonium, lavender, and a purple-leaved ipomoea. Or else combine with a Victoria bright blue flowering sage, a tender yellow calibrachoa, and a lobelia Anabel Blue.

Please note that our young plants in mini-plugs are professional products intended for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under shelter (veranda, greenhouse, frame) at a temperature above 14C° for a few weeks before planting outside once all risk of frost has passed.