This is my first year with Verbena bonariensis. It was a gift.
I love it for its tight purple clusters of blooms and its airy loose stems.
I did not know that it was a butterfly favorite.
On any warm day, I can count on a show at the verbena arena.
I cut the stems back when they went to seed, thinking the show was over.
I was mistaken. They have grown back and re-bloomed.
I will be cutting them back each June to encourage a second show in August.
Who knew? Probably you. Flower is always the last to know everything.
Slow Flow
floweralley 
I LOVE VERBENA Bonarensis! It self seeds genereously and is a fabulous perennial! I discovered it in one of my gardening books called Gardens of Napa Valley where it is used extensively in cottage gardens in wine country. I looked for it for years and finally found it. I have been thrilled with mine! What a wonderful gift you received!
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I am thrilled with it also. It can self-sow all it wants where it is. This area has turned into the “Butterfly Bank.”
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After a few slow years it has finally read the memo and is now almost invasive here. The butterflies certainly aren’t complaining!
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Thanks for the heads up. It will get dead-headed again.
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