This native, perennial prairie plant provides plentiful pollen and spring nectar to our favorite little pollinating friends.
Wondering what that delicate spike of tiny purple flowers elegantly blowing in the gentle spring breeze is? That, my gardening friends, is an unsung landscape hero — a native and perennial prairie plant that provides plentiful pollen and spring nectar to our favorite little pollinating friends.
Texas vervain (Verbena halei) is in the verbena family along with many other members such as frogfruit, grey vervain, lantana and, my personal favorite, prairie verbena.
Texas vervain looks best intermixed with other sun-loving native prairie plants or planted en masse as desired. Try planting with little bluestem grass, sideoats grama grass, buffalo grass, four-nerve daisy, blackfoot daisy, gayfeather and Wright’s skullcap to create a prairie-inspired flower bed.
