Lilac verbena is a tough plant and will tolerate less-than-ideal conditions as long as it's not overwatered. It can be propagated by taking softwood cuttings. Hardy to 20 degrees.

Theodore Payne Foundation, at the eastern edge of the San Fernando Valley, is a nursery that grows and sells all kinds of native Southern California plants, including hummingbird sage, lilac verbena, ...

The creator shows several clips of the garden, listing many of the featured species, including California poppy, monkey flower, and lilac verbena. The clip also shows a bush seemingly covered with ...

Named Verbena rigida after its upright habit, this front-of-the-border performer, although only a foot or two in height, can outshine almost everything else, particularly in late autumn sunlight.

In contrast to all this is a haze of lilac verbena, feathery-leaved Thalictrum delavayi (a good substitute for verbena in shadier borders), phlox and asters, into which I have inserted a fat clump ...

Here's a quiz: Which evergreen plant has delicately dissected green foliage, offers up heads of lovely 1-inch mauve flowers nearly year round, is native to California and outperforms its better ...