Verbena Hybrida "Empress Flair Peach" Pot

🌸 Verbena Hybrida ‘Empress Flair Peach’

Botanical Name: Verbena × hybrida ‘Empress Flair Peach’
Common Names: Verbena, Garden Verbena, Empress Flair Peach Verbena
Plant Type: Tender perennial bedding plant (commonly grown as an annual)

📌 Product Description

Verbena Hybrida ‘Empress Flair Peach’ is a vibrant, long-flowering plant prized for its clusters of soft peach-coloured blooms that cover the plant in a mound of cascading colour. Its compact, spreading habit makes it perfect for garden beds, borders, containers, and hanging baskets.

This cultivar is heat-tolerant, easy to grow, and provides continuous flowering throughout the warmer months, making it an excellent choice for South African gardens and patios.

📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: approx. 20 – 30 cm
• Width / Spread: approx. 30 – 50 cm
• Growth Habit: Mounded, spreading, and trailing

🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun for optimal flowering
• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates slightly sandy soils
• Water:
  • Moderate watering; avoid waterlogging
  • Drought-tolerant once established
• Feeding: Apply balanced fertiliser every 4–6 weeks during active growth
• Maintenance:
  • Deadhead faded flowers to encourage continuous blooming
  • Trim lightly if growth becomes leggy

🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring (August – October)
• Growing Season: Active growth and flowering spring through autumn
• Flowering Season: Spring to early autumn, with continuous blooms in summer
• Climate Suitability: Performs well in temperate and subtropical regions; prefers frost-free or mild frost areas

🌼 Additional Benefits

• Long-lasting, continuous flowering
• Heat-tolerant and low-maintenance
• Excellent for containers, hanging baskets, and borders
• Attractive to pollinators such as bees and butterflies

🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Garden beds and borders
✔ Pots, containers, and hanging baskets
✔ Patio and veranda displays
✔ Pollinator-friendly gardens