Verbena bonariensis 'Lollipop'

Loving the sunshine

Very pretty 💜💜

Thank you @midnightgardener they certainly are.. can’t wait for it to be in full bloom

1st 2 flowers on this #beefriendly

Getting planted in the ground tomorrow so I’m hoping it will continue to flower and thrive

Sorry for the bad picture in advance... but this didn’t die back last year and I didn’t prune it at the beginning of spring.. but it has produced new shoots not only on old growth; but also from the base as ‘normal’... my question is do I cut down the old growth now or leave it to carry on even though it looks a bit unsightly?? #advice-verbena #pruning #advice-pruning

You can do either Mary, but if you want it to look tidy then cut it back to the new growth near the base 👍🏼😀

Hi Mary, I have Lollipop and it pretty much died back totally but have quite a few “regular” V Bonn’s that didn’t. If it is really ugly I would cut it back. Let’s be honest you couldn’t kill it even if you wanted to it is such a resilient plant. That said my normal size ones are beginning to flower whereas Lollipop is still thinking about it - maybe in June? -so on balance I would leave it for flowers sooner than later. The bees will thank you!

@tombr @sieveheadsarah thank you both, I think it maybe the normal one that hasn’t died back and the Lollypop one I think has just broke the surface with a couple of leaves.. I’ll keep holding in and see how it goes .. thank you both!!