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Vervain, Blue (Verbena hastata) potted plant, organic
$8.50 – $57.00
Family: Vervain (Verbenaceae)
Hardy to Zones 3 to 7
(American Blue Vervain, Swamp Verbena) Upright yet creeping, self-seeding herbaceous perennial native to the Eastern US. Bright blue flowers on reddish-tinted plants, in multiple, long-lasting, handsome spikes 3 to 5 feet tall.. Fresh or dried leaf is the part used. Traditional usage: indigestion, colds, and fevers. A good ingredient for home brew, it is also a traditional offering plant to honor the garden spirits. Plants prefer full sun to part shade and moist garden soils. Good drainage is not a necessary prerequisite. If there is a concern that the plant will spread, then keep it in a pot, or provide other suitable barriers, and cut back the flowers after peak display. Space plants 6 inches to a foot apart.
Potted Plant, Certified Organically Grown
Question
dinny (verified owner) –
Planted in June of last year and mid summer noticed it looked like 2 different plants growing from the same spot. Got busy and forgot about this plant.
Now in March there is certainly a “mint” looking plant (PLANT A) – square stem, very mild mint fragrance, vigorously spreading from where I planted the Vervain. Could this mint looking plant (PLANT A in photo) be a bonus plant or Vervain? Or is PLANT B (spotted several clumps about 2 feet from the original plant) actually the vervain – or a weed?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Dinny, Thanks for contacting. The plant B looks like blue vervain. The plant A looks like maybe some kind of mint, maybe chocolate mint. Honestly very hard for me to tell, my plant identification is largely based on smell and other botanical and tactile factors that are not well represented by a photo.
Richo
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dinny (verified owner) –
Thanks Richo! I need to get that mint out and leave room for the Vervain. How does Vervain tend to spread – roots or seeds?
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Richo Cech –
hi dinny, blue vervain is clumping not creeping. it will self-seed. richo
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Jaclyn (verified owner) –
I have fond memories of the Verveine tea served in Europe. I wonder if it is the same as the ‘ Blue Vervain’ or the ‘European Vervain’?
Thank you
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Richo Cech –
hi jaclyn, it would be the european form, the officinalis. r
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Jaclyn (verified owner) –
One more question: the fresh leaves of the Vervain officialis has a bitter taste, and very calming, but the Verveine tea bags are not bitter at all. Just curious.. Thanks again
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Richo Cech –
the herb can be aged which mellows it
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JD –
How tall do these grow?
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Richo Cech –
hello jd, thanks for contacting. 3 to 5 feet tall. richo
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Lenatilda Beasley (verified owner) –
PLANTED MY BLUE VERVAIN TODAY IN MY PLANT HOUSE; WED. 10/31/2018 EXCITED TO WATCH NEW GROWTH.
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