Q: I have an acre of native grasses that I normally mow one time per year, usually in January. This year I wasn’t able to do that, and now I have numerous purple verbena plants growing across it. I’d ...

“Homestead Purple” verbena (Verbena canadensis) stands out among other perennial verbenas, says LSU AgCenter horticulturist Allen Owings at the Hammond Research Station. “Many times, perennial ...

Homestead Purple is the best of the perennial verbenas for Louisiana. Dark purple flowers are attractive on the dark green foliage. Verbenas need full sun. Soil pH is not critical. Verbenas are fairly ...

Sandra Porter Leon has goldfinches in her backyard in the Alanton neighborhood in Virginia Beach. “The goldfinches flock to the blooming purple verbena every summer,” wrote Leon. Benjamin Gerber ...