Verbena lilacina ‘Paseo Rancho’, Paseo Rancho Lilac Verbena

‘Paseo Rancho’ Lilac Verbena is a horticultural selection, similar to its parent plant, Lilac Verbena. It forms a tidy evergreen perennial with a mounding habit to 3 to 4 feet tall by 4 to 5 feet wide. Light pink blooms with purple stamens cover the plant in spring, making it an excellent butterfly nectar plant. It has low water needs and can go extended periods without any water but a monthly irrigation cycle from late spring through the first rains of fall keeps this plant looking lush with continuous blooming. Dead head after bloom. It grows best in sandy, coarse-grained or other fast draining soil. Prefers sun in coastal sites, and sun or part shade in inland sites. It works well as a container specimen or planted in dry borders mixed with other Mediterranean climate plants. Very easy to grow.