Wow this is an old thread. Ok so what I have discovered with verbena seeds is after the flowers fade and the pods have aged anywhere from 2 weeks to a month while dead heading or collecting seeds what I do now is feel the seed head and if there is a hardness to it depending on what the pod looks like about to burst or browned a bit then I collect the seedhead. This is how I tell if the seeds are ready or not. If the seedhead is soft and lower down on the branch if that makes sense then I cut off. The higher on the branch the fresher the blooms. And with this method I have gotten a lot of germination on collected seeds. And if the seeds are green they are not ripe.a tinge of green is ok but the more brown the better. Seeds collected from cut flowers don't usually have the chance to mature to proper stage. So it best not to try and collect from cut flowers.

I believe that topping them (what many people do to force new growth at the top and which for some reason people think is a required chore) can prompt the plant to send out suckers more vigorously.

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Did you get it from agardentoremember? That's my ebay username. Can you show a pic of the plant? *Trouble uploading pics? I can't help iphone users or houzz app users, but for android users on a web browser, when you reply to the thread, click the photo button, then click documents, then click gallery (if you have already taken photo). Alternatively, you can click photo, then camera, take a pic. If you like the pic you took, select ok, if you don't like the pic, select retry. If you are using a downloaded image, click the photo button, select documents, then select downloads. Do the roots and stem look okay (not discolored, smelly or mushy)? As a last note, depending on the welfare of your plant, I may ask you to cut the plant up entirely, in order to attempt to salvage it...don't panic! I will guide you through it, if it comes to that! I keep the mother plant out with all my other hoyas, so other than sometimes watering every 4 days (this one needs a bit more water), it does not require special care. Please keep me updated! *edited to remove some irrelevant info