Monday, May 11, 2009

What dose Verbena need to live?

Verbenas require a location that receives full sun throughout the day. They must have well-drained soil. They will not tolerate overcrowding with poor air circulation, shade or soil that stays overly moist.


While established verbenas are drought tolerant, performance, bloom, and growth rate will be reduced if they are too dry for a long period. During their blooming period, give them a thorough watering once a week if they do not receive an inch of rain that week. Avoid overhead watering.


Verbenas can suffer from a variety of problems, but most occur when they are grown in low light, poorly drained soil, or when the soil stays excessively moist from excessive watering. Poor air circulation from over crowded conditions can also lead to disease problems.


Powdery mildew appears as a white powder fungus on the surfaces of leaves. It most often infects verbena that does not receive enough sunlight, or is under stress from severe drought or other causes.


Botrytis blight often occurs under overly moist conditions. Flowers turn brown and sometimes a gray, fuzzy fungus is visible.


Root rot cause by Pythium or Rhizoctonia fungus may occur in overly moist soil.


Verbenas are relatively pest free. Aphids, whitefly, thrips, leaf miners and mites are the most common pests. Mites are most common in plants that are severely drought stressed.

What dose Verbena need to live?
Dead head spent blooms, fertilize w/complete fertilizer, water regulary, 8 to 10 full sun per day.
Reply:They need lots of sun, and adequate water. If the weather gets too hot, they may stop blooming. Make sure to 'deadhead' the old blossoms, and it will keep on blooming. Also, some organic fertilizer would be helpful.
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