- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 3 to 4 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden
- Bloom Color:
- Purple
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium to High
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Hummingbirds, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright
Notes/Description:
Blue Vervain is a great choice for larger moist areas like shoreline restorations, where it can bloom continuously until frost. It spreads readily from seed.