Verbena

Verbena Bonariensis is a tall willowy Perennial Plant that has very few leaves on the stiff stems; the flower heads are flat topped and tightly packed with clusters of lilac-purple flowers giving a vertical line in the border.

Try planting with Grasses like Miscanthus, Molina and Panicum or mixed with Perennials like Thalictrum, Echinacea, Rudbeckia and Eryngium, Nepeta, Achillea or mix in with Dark Leaved Dahlias in white or deep red. Butterflies are a magnet for Verbena.