Verbena rigida (Slender vervain)
Other names: Hardy garden verbena, Large-veined verbena, Veined verbena, Verbena venosa
V. rigida is a perennial, often grown as an annual, with oblong leaves and fragrant, bright purple flowers on branching stems in late summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Verbena macdougalii 'Lavender Spires' (MacDougal verbena 'Lavender Spires')
Other names: Hillside verbena 'Lavender Spires'
'Lavender Spires' is an erect, branching, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with lance-shaped, pointed, toothed, mid- to dark green leaves and sturdy, branching stems bearing stiff, slender panicles of lavender flowers from midsummer to early autumn.
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0.9m max. spread |
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1.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Verbena hastata 'Blue Spires' (Verbena 'Blue Spires')
Other names: Vervain 'Blue Spires', Blue vervain 'Blue Spires'
'Blue Spires' is an upright, clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped, toothed, mid-green leaves and erect, branching stems bearing stiff, dense panicles of violet-blue flowers from early summer into autumn.
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0.4m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Rigid blue yucca, Silver leaf yucca, Palmilla, Yucca rupicola var. rigida
Y. rigida is an evergreen shrub slowly forming a trunk-like stem topped with rosettes of stiff, sword-shaped, sharply-pointed, blue-grey to blue-green leaves and panicles of bell-shaped, creamy-white flowers in late spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Verbena hastata f. rosea (Pink vervain )
Other names: Verbena hastata 'Rosea'
V. hastata f. rosea is an upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial with lance-shaped, pointed, toothed, mid-green leaves and branching stems bearing stiff panicles of pink flowers from early summer to early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Sisal hemp, Agave rigida var. sisalana, Agave amaniensis, Agave segurae, Mescal
A. sisalana is a half-hardy, evergreen, monocarpic, succulent perennial forming a rosette of sword- or lance-shaped, spiny-tipped, blue-green to grey-green leaves and a long, sturdy, erect stem bearing a dense cluster of pungent, yellow flowers in summer.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Verbena stricta (Hoary vervain)
Other names: Hoary verbena , Woolly verbena, Tall vervain, Hairy blue vervain
V. stricta is a vigorous, erect annual or short-lived perennial with ovate to oblong, white-hairy, grey-green leaves and, from midsummer to early autumn, slender, spike-like panicles of lavender to pink flowers blooming from the bottom up.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Solidago rigida (Stiff goldenrod)
Other names: Oligoneuron rigidum, Stiff-leaved goldenrod, Rigid goldenrod, Prairie goldenrod, Flat-topped goldenrod
S. rigida is an erect, unbranched, hairy, semi-evergreen perennial with variably-shaped, stiff, grey-green leaves and flattened corymbs of tiny, lightly fragrant, yellow flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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0.45m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Microlepia strigosa (Lace fern)
Other names: Hay-scented fern, Rigid lace fern, Palapalai, Dennstaedtia strigosa, Microlepia speluncae
M. strigosa is a tender, terrestrial, clump-forming, evergreen fern with soft, ovate to lance-shaped, bi- or tripinnate, arching, dark green fronds.
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2m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Other names: Common vervain, Holy herb, Simpler's joy , Common verbena
V. officinalis is an native, upright, perenial with toothed, green-grey leaves and pale lilac flowers in summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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