Verbena Top Candy Cane

Common name: Top Candy Cane Verbena

Description:
Verbena 'Top Candy Cane' is a stunning, compact perennial or annual known for its unique bi-coloured flowers, featuring striking red and white petals. Blooming from spring through autumn, this vibrant plant provides long-lasting colour and is perfect for garden beds, borders, hanging baskets, and pots. Thriving in Melbourne’s climate, it prefers well-drained soil and full sun but can tolerate part shade. This hardy, drought-tolerant variety requires minimal maintenance, with regular deadheading encouraging continuous flowering. Highly attractive to bees and butterflies, 'Top Candy Cane' is an excellent choice for pollinator-friendly gardens and water-wise landscapes.

Form:

• Ground Cover
• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature size:

• Height: 20–30cm
• Width: 40–60cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun
• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer
• Flowers in Autumn

Flower colour:

• Red and White Bi-Coloured

Key attributes:

• Suitable for Pots
• Drought Tolerant
• Bee Attracting
• Perennial (sometimes grown as an annual)
• Low Maintenance

Toxicity:

• Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion plants:

• Salvia
• Echinacea (Coneflower)
• Coreopsis
• Gaura (Whirling Butterflies)
• Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan)