Verbena Superbena Coral Star

Verbena Superbena Coral Star is a recent hybrid variety that is vigorous and resistant. It has a compact and semi-trailing habit with a neat appearance. Its vibrant bright pink flowers with white stars are gathered in large spherical umbels at the end of relatively short stems, adorned with dark green delicate foliage. Cultivated as an annual, it blooms from summer to autumn. It is ideal for pots and hanging baskets, and delightful in summer beds. It is a generous, floriferous, and undemanding plant that tolerates drought, watering neglect, and poor soils. It requires full sun.

Verbena Superbena Coral Star belongs to the Verbenaceae family. It is a recent horticultural hybrid whose ancestors lived in the warm regions of South America. The 'Superbena' series, developed in Denmark, brings together reliable and vigorous varieties with vibrant and pure colours. Their stems do not elongate indefinitely or appear leafless and graceless. This plant forms a compact and slightly trailing clump that is rather stocky, measuring 25 to 35cm (10 to 14in) tall, and spreading about 35 to 45cm (14 to 18in). From early summer to the first frost, it produces flexible and erect stems that bear beautiful dense and round bouquets composed of fairly large flowers. The bright coral-pink blooms are marked by a beautiful 5-branched white ray floret. The shape of the fully bloomed flowers resembles phlox. This perennial plant succumbs to frost. It is cultivated as an annual in our climates.

Garden verbenas are easy to grow, suffering more from excess water and food than from temporary neglect. They overflow from hanging baskets, and slip between other upright plants in flower pots or planters, hiding their base without being affected by their presence. They are also beautiful in rockeries, quickly filling the spaces left by damage caused by a harsh winter. Create a beautiful hanging basket by planting Verbena Superbena Coral Star with a white pelargonium, a purple-leaved ipomoea, and intense blue lobelias.

Our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners. Upon receipt, transplant and store them in shelters (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 passed.