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Verbena bonariensis
Silverlight
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I've not grown Verbena bonariensis before and I have left them over the winter.
Should I cut them back down to the ground?
Many thanks
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keep an eye out for seedlings too. Mine seed everywhere.
I'm hoping they have self seeded - gave it a good shake late Autumn -,plenty of room in my borders for them to expand
careful what you ask for Silverlight, they're doing their best at world domination in my garden.
I would cut them back now.
Use any side shoots that you cut off as cuttings. They root quickly in gritty compost.
Five cuttings around a six inch pot, tops pinched twice as they grow, will give an instant filler for a space come June, and will flower until the frosts.
This is my Verbena Bonariensis last year, used as a loose screen to mask an unlovely fence.
We have moved since then - but the seedlings that I potted up have survived, and I shall look forward to the flowers later this year.