Verbena is a popular perennial among Louisiana gardeners. (Mai Sukhothai) Louisiana gardeners and butterflies love verbena. We celebrate this low-growing perennial for its showy flower clusters and ...

Garden verbenas are divided into two basic categories – annual verbenas and perennial verbenas. Early to midfall and late winter into early spring are the best times to plant trailing verbenas.

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. I’d ...

Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to ...

Whim (h)wim/ noun. Definition: a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained such as "she bought it on a whim." Synonyms: impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, ...

Q: When do I direct sow seeds for verbena canadensis, verbena bonariensis, tall purple-flowered ruellia and cosmos? A: Verbena canadensis is a common perennial in the southern home landscape, with its ...

Some ten years ago, my wife and I visited the Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, adjacent to the Sun Dial Bridge and the Turtle Bay Arboretum. This nursery offers native, drought tolerant plants that thrive ...

A trailing perennial often planted as an annual growing to 12 inches tall and 2 feet wide. The leaves are medium to dark green, ovate in shape with coarse toothed margins and grow to one inch long and ...