Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata shrub It remains an important food

It remains an important food source for wildlife

sweeter than grocery kiwi

or turning into next-level jam

A unique and resilient pomegranate variety

Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata shrub It remains an important foodThe genus name says it all verbena is Latin for "sacred plant," and blue vervain has been used ceremonially and medicinally across Native American traditions and European herbalism for centuries. Tall, slender spikes of blue violet flowers rise 35 feet and bloom from the bottom up through mid summer into fall, long after most perennials have checked out. It's striking in the landscape that vertical accent and that color are genuinely hard to replicate