(Sparkler Verbena, Verbena)

The colorful Verbena in this group are best known for their bright, bicolored flowers and floriferous nature. These everblooming bedding plants are easily grown from seed and have a low, spreading habit. The Sparkler hybrids were bred in California by Bodger Botanicals.

When the weather is warm and accommodating, the verbena in the Sparkler Series produces many colorful clusters of small tubular flowers that are highly attractive to butterflies. The individual blooms are five-petaled,...

(Superbena Verbena)

The colorful Verbena in the Superbena® Series are best known for their large showy flower clusters, vigorous wide-spreading habit, and good mildew resistance.

The low, mounding or trailing stems of these tender perennials are clothed with oval, toothed, mint-like leaves. The hemispherical clusters of tubular, flaring, five-lobed blooms continue all year in the absence of frost and severe heat. Butterflies flock to the flowers. These sterile, non-fruiting plants do not need deadheading,...

(Verbena)

The TAPIEN™ SERIES of verbena are trailing, vigorous, tender perennials that also make excellent annuals in colder regions. They are heavily-branched plants with feathery leaves. From late spring through fall, they bear loose clusters of flowers in shades of pink or purple. Tapien™ verbenas prefer sun and well-drained, moist, moderately fertile soil, but will tolerate dry conditions. They are great for planters, hanging baskets, edging, and borders.

(Verbena)

The colorful Verbena in the Temari® Series are best known for their abundant bright flowers, wide-spreading habit, and good mildew resistance. Easily grown from seed, these low, everblooming bedding plants have fine deep green leaves with toothed edges.

These butterfly favorites produce many rounded clusters of small tubular flowers with wide-flaring tips. The five-lobed blue, white, pink, or purple flowers often have white eyes or banding. They bloom all year in climates with mild...

(Verbena)

The Temari® Series of verbena are trailing, vigorous, tender perennials that also make excellent annuals in colder regions. Temari® Violet ('Sunmariba') bears rounded clusters of pleasing, violet red flowers on relatively large-leaved, long-stemmed plants from late spring through fall.

It prefers sun and well-drained, moist, moderately fertile soil, but will tolerate dry conditions. It stands up well to heat, chill, and diseases such as powder mildew. Temari® Violet is great for planters, hanging...

(Verbena)

The Tropical Breeze Series of verbena are trailing, vigorous, tender perennials that also make excellent annuals in colder regions. From late spring through fall, they bear rounded clusters of flowers in shades of pink, red, violet, or white above carpets of toothed, mildew-resistant leaves. Tropical Breeze verbenas prefer sun and well-drained, moist, moderately fertile soil, but will tolerate dry conditions. They are great for planters, hanging baskets, edging, and borders.

(Rigid Vervain, Tuberous Vervain)

The pretty and tough, rigid vervain is an everblooming tender perennial with a tall mounding to spreading growth habit. It originates from Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil where it can be found growing along open, grassy or rocky uplands. It has naturalized in some regions in the southern United States, so it can become invasive in zones where it is hardy.

The toothed leaves of rigid vervain are dark green to gray green and rough. In fact, they feel a lot like sandpaper when rubbed. Its...

(Giant Waterlily, Longwood Hybrid Giant Waterlily)

Magnificent in foliage and flower, the Longwood Hybrid giant waterlily is coveted by all lovers of water gardens. This hybrid was first created in 1960 by Patrick Nutt of Longwood Gardens, with Victoria cruziana as the seed parent and V. amazonica as the pollen parent. It produces larger leaves, tolerates lower water temperatures, and blooms earlier and more prolifically than either of its parents.

The dull green, platter-shaped, floating leaves of this tender perennial...

(Amazon Giant Water Platter, Amazon Giant Waterlily, Royal Waterlily)

The glorious monster of the tropical water garden! With gargantuan floating leaves with spiny undersides and tiny rims, the Amazon giant water platter is revered for its nighttime fragrant white-to-pink flowers. A short-lived perennial aquatic that is tender to cold, it hails from the still, very warm waters of the Amazon River in Brazil, Bolivia and Guyana. It grows from a thick rhizome (underground stem).

The rounded leaves are huge, as wide as an adult human is tall and green to yellow-green...

(Giant Water Platter, Santa Cruz Waterlily)

The large-leaved sultan of the tropical water garden! With gargantuan floating leaves with spiny undersides and rims, the giant water platter is revered for its nighttime fragrant white-to-pink flowers. An annual (perhaps very short-lived perennial) aquatic that is tender to cold, it hails from the still, warm freshwaters in Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Argentina. It grows from a thick rhizome (underground stem).

The rounded leaves are huge, as wide as young child is tall and green...