Everwilde Farms - 2000 Moss Verbena Garden Flower Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

Transform a hillside into a shimmering carpet with these lovely magenta blooms and fern-like foliage. This perennial also performs well as a container plant and will attract butterflies to your patio. The plants in this genus have been valued for generations as hardy, ornamental butterfly attractions. They have a long history of use as a medicinal remedy, as well as being dried for herbal tea. Ancient legends associate this plant with supernatural power, even telling the story that a plant of this genus was used to prepare the body of Jesus for burial. The species name "hastata" comes from the Latin words for "spear-shaped," referring to the shape of the leaves.