Blue Vervain Seeds
Blue Vervain Seeds

Blue Vervain Seeds

CAD $4.50

Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata

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Description

Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
Blue vervain generally grows in full sun in wet areas including, fields, meadows, prairies, and swamps
Native Range: throughout most of the US and southern Canada
Bloom Time: summer, fall
Bloom Colour:blue/purple
Height:60-150cm
Medicine: Safe, non-sedating, nervine tonic, Anxiety, Tightly-wound nerves, Feeling overwhelmed, Inability to relax, Insomnia due to overactive thoughts
Wildlife Benefit: attracts pollinators, butterfly larval plant
Plant type: biennial, Blue vervain will self-sow
Zone: 3
50-100 seeds

Sow outdoors in fall, or mix with sand or peat add small amount of water and put in fridge for 4 weeks the sow outdoors in spring 2 weeks before last frost.

Sow indoors on soil surface after 4 weeks of cold stratification in the fridge at 20°C for 7-15 day germination. Allow to harden off after risk of frost is gone and transplant in a sunny spot with moist to wet soil