Rose Vervain 'Homestead Purple'
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Glandularia canadensis, often called rose verbena, clump verbena, or rose vervain, is a beautiful native perennial plant from Texas. It thrives in prairies, fields, pastures, rocky meadows, and along roadsides. This charming clumping and sprawling plant typically grows between 6 to 18 inches and spreads quickly with its soft, sprawling stems that root at the nodes when they touch the ground, creating a lovely ground cover.
From late spring to late summer, Glandularia canadensis dazzles us with its flat-topped clusters of beautiful rose-pink to rose-purple flowers atop upright stems. Its deeply lobed, dark green leaves have a unique triangular shape at the base.
For many years, it was known as Verbena canadensis, and some respected organizations, like The Royal Horticultural Society, still refer to it by that name. However, the new edition of Steyermark's Flora of Missouri (by Yatskievych and Turner) recognizes it as Glandularia canadensis. Many plant experts now view Glandularia as a unique and distinct genus from Verbena, based on various characteristics like plant structure, chromosome numbers, style lengths, reproduction methods, and ploidal levels (as discussed in Umber's 1979 work, "The Genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America").
This lovely plant is easy to grow in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils, flourishing in full sun. Just be sure to avoid wet, poorly drained soils, as it self-seeds beautifully under ideal growing conditions.
Height: 10”-1’
Spread: 2’-3’
Bloom: April-August
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Water: Low, Medium
Zone: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Origin: Southeast U.S.
Winter Shipping: We will continue to ship throughout winter. If you prefer, we are happy to hold your order until spring; please include that request in your shipping notes.
When you order plants from our nursery, you can expect them to arrive in the best possible condition. Our team carefully packs each order using sturdy, biodegradable packaging materials.
Your plants' appearance may vary depending on the season and their current growth stage. We may cut back the leafy growth of some plants to prepare them for shipment and transplanting.
5 Gallon and Up: Any plant purchased to ship over 5 Gallons will be shipped bare root. This means we will remove the plant from its original pot, remove the soil surrounding the roots, and wrap the roots with a biodegradable plastic bag. This reduces weight and the likelihood of damage during shipping.
Once your plants arrive, it is essential to plant them as soon as possible. This will help them rebound and thrive. If you cannot plant immediately, water regularly and keep the roots off heat-conducting surfaces.
Newly transplanted plants often require more water until their roots are well established. Plan to water them 1-3 times weekly for the first few months.
