Verbena hybrida Virgo Sky Blue
Verbena hybrida Virgo Sky Blue
Verbena hybrida Virgo Sky Blue
Florist's verbena
True to the description, I trimmed the stems before planting them as per the given advice.
Marie Thérèse, 17/05/2023
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Description
Verbena Virgo Sky Blue , with its long and generous sky blue flowering and its lovely compact and semi-trailing habit, is perfect for hanging baskets and summer arrangements. Vigorous and resistant but sensitive to cold, it is most often grown as an annual, in pots but also for summer borders. It is a low-maintenance plant that tolerates drought, neglectful watering, and poor soils, but it requires full sun.
The Virgo Sky Blue Verbena belongs to the vervain family, it is a horticultural hybrid whose ancestors inhabited the warm regions of South America. This plant forms in just a few weeks a dense and slightly trailing or spreading clump, rather compact, 25 to 30 cm (10 to 12in) tall, spreading about 35 to 45 cm (14 to 18in). It tirelessly produces flexible and upright stems, which produce beautiful dense and round clusters of tiny light blue flowers with white centres reminiscent of phlox flowers. This plant, theoretically perennial, succumbs to frost, it is grown as an annual in our climates, thanks to its rapid growth.
Garden verbenas are truly easy plants to grow, suffering more from excess water and food than from occasional neglect. They overflow from hanging baskets, slip between other upright plants in flowerpots or containers, concealing their base without being affected by their presence. They are also very beautiful in rock gardens, quickly filling in the spaces left by damage caused by a too harsh winter. Create a beautiful hanging basket by pairing the Sky Blue verbena with a red or bright pink geranium, a purple-leaved Ipomoea, and pink-flowering annuals, for example. In a completely different style, also try pairing sky blue with yellow (BeautiCal Caramel Yellow Petunia) or orange (Diascia Genta Papaya Orange).
Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products intended for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them in a shelter (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being planted outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.
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Verbena
hybrida
Virgo Sky Blue
Verbenaceae
Florist's verbena
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant your Verbena Virgo Sky Blue in a sunny position. They require a light and humus-rich soil and appreciate a moderate supply of fertilizer and water. They tolerate rather dry soil quite well. You can plant your verbenas in pots, hanging baskets or flower boxes. In pots, they should be watered regularly, without excess, allowing the surface to dry between waterings. Usually grown as annuals, they are actually fragile perennials: by bringing them indoors at the first frost, you can extend their flowering into autumn and winter. Outdoor cultivation is possible by the seaside, with good winter mulching and protecting the stump from moisture with plastic. Plan for light pruning in March.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
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