I am looking for Perennial Verbena Seeds - all colors welcome. I have natural bars of Olive Oil Soaps for trade. Thanks

Hey, Pam! I'm mailing your trade out tomorrow. Just harvested some low growing verbena!!! Want some??? LOL susanne GawdinFever Here is a link that might be useful:

I'm in zone 7 so I can't help out as far as if it can be winter hardy to zone 5, but I will tell you during the warmer growing months it spreads quite a lot, but not undesireably so, being so pretty and easy to cut back into bounds if you want it to stay more put. I don't mind at all that it has weaved through its neighboring plants! I planted 'Homestead Purple' in front of some daylillies and it wandered all the way to the back of them. The touch of purple poking up through the strappy daylilly leaves looks very, very nice. They spread by the lower stems which turn woody and root when they touch the ground. If a runner gets longer than you want it you can chop off the woody stem and move the rooted end and plant it somewhere else. I used to think you had to get a rooted piece to make another plant but I discovered you can also just cut off a non-rooted green stem and stick it in the ground. I found that out when I cut off a long flowering stem that was hanging way over the edge of the bed. I was going to throw it away but it was such a pretty and healthy piece I wandered if I could pinch off the lower-most 3 or 4 pairs of leaves and just stick the stem in the dirt. I made a pencil-shaped hole and plunged the stem in all the way to where the first set of leaves was at soil level. There was even a flower at the top of the stem that I didn't bother to remove which had wilted by the next day, but the stem grew new leaves in just a matter of days. Easy as pie. Although I haven't tried it, I don't know why you couldn't overwinter your 'Homestead Purple' in the garage. Seems like it would work to me. I would sure give it a try.

I'm thinking, after image googling, it may be "Blue Princess". I've found one nursery that may have it.. And here is a great description/picture: http://www.maggiesgarden.com/Plant_Profiles/Plant_This/Verbena_Blue_Princess/verbena_blue_princess.html Here is a link that might be useful: Blue Princess Verbena plants