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