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Cake Pops® Purple Tuberous Verbena Verbena rigida

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
18" 18" 46cm 46cm
Height: 10" - 18"
Spread: 10" - 18"
Height: 25cm - 46cm
Spread: 25cm - 46cm
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  • Details

    10 - 18 Inches
    8 - 12 Inches
    10 - 18 Inches
    25cm - 46cm
    20cm - 30cm
    25cm - 46cm

    Features

    Cake Pops verbena are very heat and humidity tolerant and are great plants for the deep south, in addition to the rest of the county. This verbena doesn't cycle out of color, so you'll get reliable color all summer long.  Cake Pops is destined to become a Southern basket and combination recipe staple. It is easy, tough, durable and drought tolerant. It is native to the Southern US.

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    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Fall Interest
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Bees
    Butterflies
    Hummingbirds
    Resists: 
    Deer
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    10 - 18 Inches 25cm - 46cm
    Spacing: 
    8 - 12 Inches 20cm - 30cm
    Spread: 
    10 - 18 Inches 25cm - 46cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Lavender
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Dark Green
    Habit: 
    Mounding Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Hard Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Good in combinations - perfect for the deep South, where many plants don't last all summer. It is also great for landscapes.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    These are heat tolerant plants, that aren't particularly fussy. However, they do like well-drained soil. They need little routine maintenance. They will perform best if an application of controlled release fertilizer is included at the time of planting. This applies to both landscape and container plantings. The plants aren't particularly heavy feeders, so a single dose is usually sufficient for landscape beds in most climates. If you have a very long season, a second application of controlled release plant food should be considered for landscape beds. In general, containers need to be fed more than landscape plants. A second application of a controlled release fertilizer should be applied about every two months to container plants or you can regularly apply water soluble fertilizer starting about two months after the containers are planted. These extra applications of plant food can really make a difference in performance through the summer.

    If your plant begins to look open or a bit tired, an allover trim can be beneficial.  Use a sharp pair of scissors or pruning shears to trim back up to 1/3 of the volume of the plant. I pair any trim with a dose of water soluble fertilizer to provide instant energy to help kickstart new growth, branching and flowering. Your plant will take a week to recover from the trim, but the end result is a fuller plant with more blooms going forward. You may repeat the trim as needed through the season.

    Cake Pops® Purple Verbena rigida 'WNVECPPUR' USPP 34,411, Can 6,970
  • 3 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2022 Top Performer University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    2021 Top Performer University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    2021 Top Performer Penn State University
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