How to Grow and Care for Mock vervain

Garden verbena (Glandularia × hybrida) is a flowering plant native to North and South America. Garden verbena is commonly planted in gardens. Six cultivars from this species have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

This wildflower can be found growing across the central and southern US in open, grassy areas. Dakota mock vervain flowers bloom from spring to the end of summer, sometimes filling entire fields. They attract birds and nectar-drinking animals.

Latin american mock vervain (Glandularia tenera) grows in the southern states of the USA. It is a trailing plant of the verbena family which flowers throughout the summer. It makes a good ground cover and is suitable for window boxes and hanging baskets.

Rose mock vervain is a sprawling wildflower that can be used as a groundcover, for flowerbeds, and or in hanging baskets. It does well in dry, rocky conditions and full sun. This rosy pink flower attracts butterflies, deer, and rabbits.

Glandularia pumila is also known as pink verbena because of its generally pink flowers, although it sometimes blooms purple or blue flowers. It can be found in Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas in the United States, and is mostly grown as an ornamental plant.