Here are some popular varieties: • Homestead Purple (Glandularia or Verbena canadensis): This is a trailing verbena that is good for hanging pots. It has purple flowers and grows to 1 foot tall.

Direct sow verbena seeds in the fall, as cold exposure helps. Known also as homestead purple and trailing verbena due to its low, spreading habit, it grows 12 inches tall and 2 feet wide.

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 ...