A florist says that "to grow Verbenas successfully, plant them in beds cut in the turf.
Verbenas were first introduced into Europe about fifty years ago from South America, and a few years later into this country.
Verbenas are very fine for this, and so is the Double Portulaca.
Dark-coloured pelargoniums andverbenas are more scorched by the sun than varieties of other colours.
White onions and verbenas are the most liable to mildew; and in Spain the green-fruited grapes suffered from the vine-disease more than other coloured varieties.
Theano comes out of Phillistus' house and places fresh verbenas on the entrance altar.
As chaste verbenas on an altar kiss, As streamlets join in soft approving shade, As clouds immingle in the glancing sun, So shall our loves unchided of the skies.
Yet not a flower has gone; we have had a host of verbenas and gladioli, some Japanese lilies, and so on, and have been able to give some pleasure to those who have not time to cultivate them for themselves.
A good manyverbenas sowed themselves, but came up too late to be of any use.
Even the verbenas were not nipped, and I don't think I ever had them bloom so late.
It's too bad to see all the dear verbenas bitten by the frost.
Charlotte was sadly forlorn, and shut herself up in her pantry, or in her own little attic with Jane's verbenas which cook had banished from the kitchen, and lost her sorrows in books hired at the library.
Verbenas may be raised to advantage in a hotbed, but if the seed be soaked overnight in warm water, it will germinate freely out of doors in May and be a mass of bloom from July until late October.
No matter in what corner scarlet salvia and vermilion nasturtiums may be planted, they are sure to get in range with the pink verbenas and magenta phlox in a teeth-on-edge way.
These offered them a calm, quiet haven after their lovers' ramble amid the perfumed solicitations of luscious honeysuckle, musky violets, verbenas that breathed out the warm scent of kisses, and tuberoses that panted with voluptuous passion.
Beds for Verbenas should be rich, mellow, and very sweet.
Raising Verbenas from seed has restored this plant to the list of easily grown and thoroughly useful flowers for the parterre.
It is possible to raise Verbenas in the open from seed sown in drills on light soil, but the attempt is a little hazardous.
Verbenas may also be sown in March or April in boxes, put into a frame, and if kept moist a lot of plants will appear in about a month.
Mother finds verbenas and 'ten week stocks' useful for cutting," said Margaret.
No, indeed, I am very sorry, but I could not sacrifice those splendid verbenas after watering them for so many evenings.
I am ready to start this moment, and the time you have supposed to be wasted I have spent in making up my mind that a mass of amaranthus ought to replace the verbenas in that bed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "verbenas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
