Blue Gooding's Verbena
Canon EOS 70D Camera
Canon EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
It's the Summer Monsoon in the Sonoran Desert. We had some rain for about 4 consecutive days and the air has been humid in my Sonoran Desert Garden. It has made the blue Gooding's Verbena and the yellow Senna plants grow and burst into bloom. Quite spectacular!
Gooding's Verbena is one of the few blue flowers in my Sonoran Desert Garden. It is gorgeous when the spring back to life after summer and winter monsoon rains.
Straight out of the camera. (SOOC)
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See the description at Arizona Wild Flowers website:
delange.org/Verbena/Verbena.htm
Gooding's Verbena.
Glandularia gooddingii, Vervain Family: ( Verbenaceae ), Gooding's Verbena. Also called: Verbena gooddingii, Southwestern Mock Vervain.
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A short lived perennial ground cover, fast growing to 2 feet tall, 4 feet in diameter.
We see it growing wild at Yarnell, Arizona - at 4,800 feet.
This is also a xeriscape landscaping plant in Arizona.
Quick Notes:
Height: Perennial evergreen growing to about 24 inches tall and 48 inches wide.
Flowers: The flowers are lavender to pink. 1 1/2 inches - 3 inches, rounded clusters on top of square stems with opposite leaves. The flowers have 5, joined, notched, petals.
Flowering Time: March - June. Sometimes through September.
Leaves: The leaves are simple, bright green, pubescent, hairy, deeply cut 1.5 inches long about 1 inch wide.
Found: Native to the southwestern United States (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT); and the extreme northwest of Northern Mexico.
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Soil pH requirements:
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Elevation: Can be found from 0 - 5,000 Feet.
Habitat: Alkaline, well-drained/light soils. An ideal xeriscape landscape plant in Arizona.
Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken March 10, 2005. Bartlett Lake, Arizona.
Blue Gooding's Verbena
Canon EOS 70D Camera
Canon EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens
It's the Summer Monsoon in the Sonoran Desert. We had some rain for about 4 consecutive days and the air has been humid in my Sonoran Desert Garden. It has made the blue Gooding's Verbena and the yellow Senna plants grow and burst into bloom. Quite spectacular!
Gooding's Verbena is one of the few blue flowers in my Sonoran Desert Garden. It is gorgeous when the spring back to life after summer and winter monsoon rains.
Straight out of the camera. (SOOC)
_____________________________________________
See the description at Arizona Wild Flowers website:
delange.org/Verbena/Verbena.htm
Gooding's Verbena.
Glandularia gooddingii, Vervain Family: ( Verbenaceae ), Gooding's Verbena. Also called: Verbena gooddingii, Southwestern Mock Vervain.
We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia.
A short lived perennial ground cover, fast growing to 2 feet tall, 4 feet in diameter.
We see it growing wild at Yarnell, Arizona - at 4,800 feet.
This is also a xeriscape landscaping plant in Arizona.
Quick Notes:
Height: Perennial evergreen growing to about 24 inches tall and 48 inches wide.
Flowers: The flowers are lavender to pink. 1 1/2 inches - 3 inches, rounded clusters on top of square stems with opposite leaves. The flowers have 5, joined, notched, petals.
Flowering Time: March - June. Sometimes through September.
Leaves: The leaves are simple, bright green, pubescent, hairy, deeply cut 1.5 inches long about 1 inch wide.
Found: Native to the southwestern United States (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT); and the extreme northwest of Northern Mexico.
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Soil pH requirements:
5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Elevation: Can be found from 0 - 5,000 Feet.
Habitat: Alkaline, well-drained/light soils. An ideal xeriscape landscape plant in Arizona.
Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken March 10, 2005. Bartlett Lake, Arizona.