Verbena bonariensis in pots

[MissNash]

Has anyone tried this plant in patio pots. I love this but haven't got much room in my beds and wondered if I could stick it in a large pot on my patio.

Has anyone tried it?

I don't see why you shouldn't grow it in a pot. It seems happy in hot, dry soil in my garden.

Having said that, I'd say that the whole point of verbena bon is that it takes up very little room in a bed, and is best seen contributing to a larger combinatio of plants, rather than on its own. The flowers are so widely spaced that I think they'd have little impact in a pot, unless you push the pot right up against an existing flower bed.

I'd try sowing the seeds directly into your existing bed, so that the plants grow up among your existing plants and see how well that works.

If you grow them all from seed, you could try them out in various places.

It actually grows very well in a pot particularly if you forget to water it!They love a bit of mean treatment . However as Grendels Mum says it does take up little room in a bed and is best used weaving between other plants to tie a planting together.