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Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena

Verbena 'Tuscany Lavender Picotee'

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Tuscany Lavender Picotee Verbena (Verbena 'Tuscany Lavender Picotee') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena flowers

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena flowers

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Height:  10 inches

Spacing:  12 inches

Sunlight:  full sun 

Hardiness Zone:  8b

Other Names:  Vervain

Group/Class:  Tuscany® Series

Brand:  Syngenta

Description:

A wonderful vigorous upright variety perfect for containers, beds or borders; large, showy flowers of lavender and white are presented over small, green foliage; an easy to grow selection, requiring minimal maintenance; excellent for cut flower displays

Ornamental Features

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena features showy clusters of lavender star-shaped flowers with white overtones at the ends of the stems from late spring to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its tiny narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena is an herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 3 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Tuscany® Lavender Picotee Verbena is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Container  Basket 
Applications
Flowers  Texture  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features