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Verbena Bonariensis

mandyroberts99mandyroberts99 Posts: 235
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Advice from Monty Don: Dig up healthy verbena bonariensis, cut back and pot up to use to take cuttings next spring.
Why? Why not just leave them for next year and move the seedlings if you want them elsewhere? 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They don't always survive the winter.  They don't always self seed either. 
    That's the case here in most winters.
    I regularly take cuttings of mine for back up, although I certainly couldn't be bothered digging up the main plants  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It all depends where you live. VB is the most prevalent 'weed ' on the sunny side of my garden. In fact it's a bit of a PITA but very rarely seeds in the shadier side even though it's by no means full shade.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    VB self-seed and survive the winter here (sandy soil) so I don't bother with lifting plants or taking cuttings, but I believe Longmeadow is prone to flooding in winter, which they won't like.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • edhelkaedhelka Posts: 2,351
    I take cuttings from v. b. Lollipop (which I like more than the basic bigger version) because seedlings wouldn't be true to their parent. But I do autumn cuttings to have plants ready to plant in spring.
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