This perennial to sub-shrub has a slender upright stems that form a compact mounded habit. It has divided grey-green leaves and the small purplish star-shaped flowers appear in a dense cluster profusely over the plant during summer.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Verbena lilacina is a naturally found in North America growing in Baja California in desert regions and coastal scrub along sandy washers in canyons or on rocky slopes and hillsides.

It prefers an open sunny to partly shaded position and grows in well-drained moderately fertile sandy-stony to clay loams and is drought and frost tolerant.

Verbena lilacina is grown for its flowers and rounded habit. It is planted along borders in parks and gardens or used in patio pots and planter boxes. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions establishing in 2-3 years but may be short lived. This profuse flowering perennial also attracts birds and butterflies and is ideal for colour contrast in a fragrant garden. ID 3669

Verbena (ver-BEE-nah) lilacina (LY-lak-EE-nah)

Verbenaceae (ver-be-NAY-see-ee)
Teaks, Verbenas