Verbena Drums Purple White

Common name:

Verbena 'Drums Purple White' (Drums Purple White Verbena)

Description:

Verbena 'Drums Purple White' is a stunning, compact, long-flowering perennial renowned for its spectacular clusters of vibrant purple-pink flowers with contrasting white centres. This eye-catching variety produces an abundance of small, five-petalled blooms arranged in dense, rounded flower heads, creating a striking two-toned display throughout the warmer months. Its attractive, textured green foliage forms a neat, spreading mound that provides a lush backdrop for its colourful flowers. Growing approximately 20 cm tall and spreading up to 60 cm wide, Verbena 'Drums Purple White' is an excellent choice for garden borders, hanging baskets, decorative pots, rockeries and mass plantings. Flowering from spring through summer and into autumn, it provides an extended season of vibrant colour while attracting bees, butterflies and other beneficial pollinators. Well suited to Melbourne's temperate climate, this vigorous variety thrives in full sun and prefers fertile, well-drained soil. Once established, it tolerates short dry periods, although regular watering during hot weather encourages continuous flowering and healthy growth. Removing spent blooms and lightly trimming leggy stems helps maintain its compact, bushy habit and promotes fresh flowers. Protection from heavy frost and excessive winter moisture will help maintain its longevity in Melbourne's cooler areas. With its beautiful purple and white blooms, spreading growth habit and exceptional flowering performance, Verbena 'Drums Purple White' is a wonderful choice for adding lasting colour and charm to Australian gardens.

Form:

• Ground Cover

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature size:

• Height: 20 cm

• Width: 60 cm

Aspect:

- Full Sun

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

• Flowers in Autumn

Flower colour:

• Purple Pink

• Magenta Purple

• White Centres

Key attributes:

• Bee Attracting

• Butterfly Attracting

• Compact Growth Habit

• Drought Tolerant Once Established

• Fast Growing

• Frost Sensitive

• Long Flowering

• Low Maintenance

• Perennial

• Pollinator Friendly

• Spreading Growth Habit

• Suitable for Borders

• Suitable for Cottage Gardens

• Suitable for Ground Cover

• Suitable for Hanging Baskets

• Suitable for Mass Planting

• Suitable for Pots

• Suitable for Rockeries

• Suitable for Window Boxes

• Requires Good Drainage: Susceptible to root rot in persistently wet or poorly drained soils.

Toxicity:

Verbena 'Drums Purple White' is generally considered to have low toxicity to humans. However, its safety for dogs and cats has not been conclusively established, and ingestion may cause mild gastrointestinal upset, including vomiting or diarrhoea. It is recommended to prevent pets from consuming ornamental plant material.

Companion plants:

• Alyssum

• Bacopa

• Calibrachoa

• Catmint (Nepeta)

• Coreopsis

• Diascia

• Erigeron karvinskianus (Seaside Daisy)

• Gaura

• Geranium (Pelargonium)

• Lavender

• Lobelia

• Osteospermum

• Petunia

• Salvia

• Scaevola

• Zinnia

  Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
  PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
  Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.