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Verbena ‘Tapien’

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Verbena ‘Tapien’ is a spectacular trailing Verbena that can be extremely useful for filling bare spots! It features a very attractive, airy, lacy, dark green foliage covered with profuse and showy flowers, creating an endless carpet of blossoms from summer to frost. Butterflies are most fond of the sweet flowers whose colors include blue-violet, pink, lavender, salmon, and white.

  • Very flat-growing, 3-7 in. tall (7-17 cm) with a neat, multi-branching growth habit and vigorously spreading up to 36 in. wide (90 cm) via creeping stems rooting into the soil or mulch, this verbena is a tender perennial that is hardy to zone 8. Evergreen in zones 8 – 10, it may be grown as an annual in other climates.
  • Easy and fast-growing, this undemanding plant is fairly drought-tolerant and powdery mildew resistant.
  • Thrives in full sun or part shade, in fertile and well-drained soils.
  • Perfectly suited for use as ground covers, edging plants, containers, and hanging baskets, from which their flower-laden stems cascade spectacularly.
  • No deadheading is required. If becoming ragged in mid-summer, shear them back to half their size. Regular fertilizer will boost flowering.

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Requirements

Hardiness 3 - 10
Heat Zones 1 - 12
Climate Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, H1, H2
Plant Type Perennials
Plant Family Verbenaceae
Genus Verbena
Common names Verbena
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)
Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Fall
Height 3" - 7"
(8cm - 18cm)
Spread 2' - 3'
(60cm - 90cm)
Spacing 8" - 10"
(20cm - 25cm)
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Showy
Tolerance Drought
Attracts Butterflies
Garden Uses Beds And Borders, Edging, Ground Covers, Hanging Baskets, Patio And Containers
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Traditional Garden, Informal and Cottage, Gravel and Rock Garden
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Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ (Cedros Island Verbena)
Verbena lasiostachys (Western Vervain)
Verbena halei (Texas Vervain)
Glandularia maritima (Beach Verbena)
Glandularia bipinnatifida (Prairie Verbena)
Glandularia canadensis (Rose Vervain)

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Requirements

Hardiness 3 - 10
Heat Zones 1 - 12
Climate Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, H1, H2
Plant Type Perennials
Plant Family Verbenaceae
Genus Verbena
Common names Verbena
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Late)
Summer (Early, Mid, Late)
Fall
Height 3" - 7"
(8cm - 18cm)
Spread 2' - 3'
(60cm - 90cm)
Spacing 8" - 10"
(20cm - 25cm)
Maintenance Low
Water Needs Average
Soil Type Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Showy
Tolerance Drought
Attracts Butterflies
Garden Uses Beds And Borders, Edging, Ground Covers, Hanging Baskets, Patio And Containers
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Traditional Garden, Informal and Cottage, Gravel and Rock Garden
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Do I Need?
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