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Tapien® Blue Violet Verbena hybrid

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
7" 3'
Height: 3" - 7"
Spread: 12" - 3'
Proven Selections
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  • Details

    Features

    My pot or YOURS?

    An endless carpet of blue-violet blooms all season; excellent annual ground cover

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    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    3 - 7 Inches
    Trails Up To: 
    36 Inches
    Spacing: 
    8 - 10 Inches
    Spread: 
    12 - 36 Inches
    Flower Colors: 
    Blue
    Flower Colors: 
    Purple
    Flower Shade: 
    Blue-Purple
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Hard Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combinations

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.

    Tapien is the ultimate flowering groundcover and basket plant; fast growing, versatile, with a neat, multi-branching growth habit. Also a superior bedding plant, its elegant feathered leaves and delicate, brightly-colored flowers form a carpet of blossoms.

    Tapien® Blue Violet Verbena hybrid 'SUNmaref TP-V' USPP 9,411, Can 1,081
  • 16 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • Love the leaves! I'm allergic to the fuzz on the other verbena I planted 10" hanging baskets in part sun with some silvery licorice plants. they were gorgeous especially in the evening light. They bloomed more steadily than the off/on of the other verbena

      Dianne Gilbert
      , Ohio
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
    • Our landscaper purchased this plant to put in the front . It spreads beautifully and has received many compliments. It is shown as an annual, but living here in California it seems to have survived our drought situation and started to re bloom for another year. I'm purchasing additional 4 plants so that I can replant in the spots that have not survived. The color is beautiful and many people walking by have complimented this plant.

      Marie B.
      , California
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
    • Our landscaper purchased this plant to put in the front . It spreads beautifully and has received many compliments. It is shown as an annual, but living here in California it seems to have survived our drought situation and started to re bloom for another year. I'm purchasing additional 4 plants so that I can replant in the spots that have not survived. The color is beautiful and many people walking by have complimented this plant.

      Marie B.
      , California
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
    • Wonderful plant! Superb blooming all summer.

      Linda Brown
      , 12 years ago
    • Beautiful groundcover with textural interest.

      R. Linsley
      , California
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • Makes a beautiful carpet of flowers and the colors are so vibrant. Doesn't do well in the 3 hottest months bit glorious for 9.

      June Liles
      , Texas
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • I recommend to others all the time

      Tatiana
      , Illinois
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • beautiful when in bloom,but don't seem to last to long. they come on strong then dissappear

      bruce richards
      , California
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • beautiful color, bloomed all summer long

      Tammy s McEntee
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
    • One of the most enjoyable vibrant flowers that spreads over our stone wall.

      Michael Kula
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 12 years ago
  • 4 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    1995 Top Performer University of Georgia
    1995 Top Performer University of Georgia
    1995 Top Performer University of Georgia
    1995 Top Performer University of Georgia
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