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Super-size your verbenas with the new Superbena line. Proven Winners introduces a new take on verbenas that will quickly rise in the ranks to join its esteemed verbena cousins. Superbenas are larger flowering and more vigorous in growth habit than their predecessors, and they’re also extremely resistant to powdery mildew. They have a large broad-leafed form and a semi-prostrate growth habit with large cascading forms. With a broad pallet of colors, the only challenge will be finding a way to use them all. Available in: Blue-Purple, Burgundy, Coral-Red, Dark Blue, Large Lilac Blue, Pink Shades, and Purple.
"A Real Simple magazine – Top 10 goofproof Plant"
Features
• Best Seller
• Deadheading Not Necessary
• Drought Tolerant *
• Heat Tolerant
• Landscape Plant
• Low Maintenance
• Native to the Americas
*Even drought tolerant annual and perennial plants will need water for the first few weeks while they get established. Shrubs and trees will need to be watered for the first year after they are planted. After this, little or no supplemental water will be necessary when planted in the ground. No plant is truly drought tolerant in a container; water is necessary for all plants in containers.
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Growing Tips
Superbena are our most vigorous, heat tolerant, and mildew tolerant series. While always great in containers they are also fantastic in landscape beds. They can tolerate dry soils and lower fertility. Normally either an application of slow release fertilizer or amending with compost is enough to keep them happy and blooming in landscape beds. They shouldn’t need to be trimmed back but can be given a “haircut” – a trim back – using a sharp pair of scissors or pruning shears at any time. While naturally well branched, trimming them back will encourage additional branching, fuller plants, and ultimately more flowers. I usually give them a very slight trim as I am transplanting to boost branching.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.
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Other Colors In Superbena® Series
| Year | Award | Trial |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Top Performer | Kansas State University |
| 2008 | Top 22 | Mississippi State University |
| 2005 | Top Performer | Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens |
| 2004 | Annuals of Note | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden |
| 2002 | Best of the Best | University of Georgia |
| 2008 | Top Performer in Ground | Kansas State University |
| 2004 | Exceptional Performer | University of Florida |
| 2009 | Prairie Star | Kansas State University |
| 2005 | Way Hot 100 | Garden Design |
