Soderberg's Floral and Gift is ready to help you send the freshest, most beautiful flowers in Minneapolis. Soderberg's Floral reputation is built on its dedication to customer service, quality and value. Superstition held that if a thief made a cut on the palm of his hand and inserted a piece of verbena leaf in it when the cut healed, he would have the power to open bolts and locks with a touch of his hand.Soderberg's Floral and Gift, a local Minneapolis florist has served the Minneapolis area since 1925. In Hungary, the plant was called lock-opening herb. An infusion made from verbena blossoms and sprinkled over the floor in the dining room was thought to make the guests merrier. Dried blossoms were often strewn on the bedchamber floor. Brides in Germany were offered wreaths or a love potion made of verbena blossoms.
The genus name, Verbena, is from herbena, from the two Latin words herba and bona, meaning “good plant.”Īlbartus Magnus, in his book The Vertues of Herbes, Stories and Certain Beastes, says that “infants bearing it shall be very apte to learn and loving learninge, they shall be glad and joyous.” Verbena was often used as an aphrodisiac, and people would sometimes stuff their pillows with dried verbena leaves for this purpose. An ancient meaning of the word simple is a medicinal plant or herb. Verbena has been called simple’s joy because it was used so extensively for healing. Superstition suggested that verbena, tied with one yard of white satin ribbon and left with a sick person, would hasten the return of good health. Concoctions made from the plant were also used to treat nerves, epilepsy, and asthma and were thought to strengthen the womb of a pregnant woman. Sniffing dried, crushed leaves was thought to cure a headache. Leaves, boiled in vinegar, were used to treat pleurisy, lumbago, and rheumatism. It was used to cure scrofula, to treat the bites of rabid animals, and to prevent poisoning. Verbena has been used extensively as medicine through the ages. The Saxons considered it protection against hail storms. Druids thought so highly of the plant that they offered a sacrifice to the earth before gathering it.
Medieval times found men using verbena for protection against witches. Messengers with peaceful tidings often carried verbena with them. Romans also thought that he who wore verbena blossoms would be blessed with the gift of prophecy. The entire plant was considered sacred to Mars, the god of war, and was thought to have the power to drive away the enemy.ĭuring Roman times it was considered good luck for a bride to wear a wreath of verbena blossoms-but only if she gathered the flowers herself. An infusion made from the blossoms was often sprinkled on the altar of Jupiter, the supreme god in Roman mythology. officinalis, a species native to this country but also in many European countries.īoth the early Greeks and Romans are thought to have used different species of verbena in many of their religious ceremonies. Our garden verbena is closely related to V. Unfortunately, as verbena has been hybridized to produce larger and more beautiful flowers, the power of its fragrance has diminished considerably. The fragrance of this plant was said to be so powerfully sweet that the plant could be found by its scent alone. The lemon verbena was found in the Andes Mountains of South America by Spanish conquistadors. The verbena found so often in our gardens today looks quite different from the native strains. Both perennial and annual types are quite drought tolerant.
Pinching back the plants will keep them producing blooms and prevents them from getting lanky. Seeds of these should be planted in sandy, well-drained soil during the middle of May. Seeds sown in spring will usually produce plants that bloom at the end of the first year.
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Verbenas come in white and bright shades of red, pink, blue, and purple.ĬULTIVATION: Full sun and well-drained soil are necessary conditions for growing verbena, though it thrives in a soil of average fertility. Flowers are small and borne on short stalks the foliage is bright green and continuously attractive. Different species vary in height from 3 to 12 inches and in a spread from 12 to 24 inches. V.b.-‘Sangria’-wine colored heat tolerant annual spreads 1 to 1 1/2 feet.ĭESCRIPTION: Low-growing verbena blooms profusely and adds great color to the summer perennial bed. canadensis-rose pink flowers from June through frost. rigida-‘Flame’-red flowers from June through frost. rigida-purplish blue perennial 1 foot tall. bipinnatifida-light purple perennial: 3 inches tall.
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