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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 13,1994
PAGE 12C
A Georgia Gold Medal Winner
Purple, wonderful...and it’s not Barney!
By Paul A. Thomas
Georgia Extension Service
It was a cold March weekend,
the daffodils were barely up and
not much else was stirring in the
garden— except Verbena
Canadensis ‘Homestead Purple.’
What had been a quiet, pros
trate, almost dormant little
perennial in the farthest corner
of the garden was now a bold,
beckoning mass of purple flow
ers!
No wonder it’s one of the 1994
Georgia Gold Winners of the
Georgia Plant Selections
Committee!
You don’t need a green thumb
to be successful with Verbena
Canadensis ‘Homestead Purple.’
I have yet to see a plant die,
Termite prevention
Egads! It’s termites!
By Janet Rodekohr
Georgia Extenelon Service
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• Cracks in the concrete foundation.
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• Wooden posts in concrete. If they
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• Earth-filled porches. Soil should
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regardless of how much I neglect
it. It truly is a good plant for low
maintenance gardeners.
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
grows 6-9 inches tall, spreads fast
and is a colorful, flowering
ground cover.
Flowering begins in March,
slows down during The heat of
the summer (late June through
August) and then bounces back
with a second burst of color in the
fall.
Full sun and welldrained soils
are essential for optimal garden
performance.
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
combines rich purple, early and
persistent flowering and out
standing garden performance in
a single plant.
Plucked from an old homestead
wooden members.
• Form boards. If left in place after
construction is
completed, they provide excellent ter
mite food.
• Leaking pipes or faucets. They
keep the wood or soil underneath
moist continuously.
• Shrubbery by air vents. Anything
that blocks air flow causes air under
neath the house to remain warm and
moist— an ideal climate for termites.
• Debris under and around the
house. Any wooden pieces help sup
port a termite colony until the popu
lation becomes large enough to attack
the house itself.
• Low foundation walls or foot
ings. These permit wooden members
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against the house, they allow direct
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Forms left in the hole of a slab where
the bathtub drain enters the building
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• Porch steps on ground. Steps in
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in north Georgia by University of
Georgia horticulturists Michael
Dirr and Allan Armitage,
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’ has
been fast discovered by landsca
pers and homeowners through
out the country.
When planted in a hanging bas
ket, Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’
makes an incredible display with
trailing masses of purple flowers
up to three feet long.
In the landscape, one Verbena
‘Homestead Purple’ can spread
up to three feet in a single grow
ing season, so give it plenty of
room to grow.
When the soft summer foliage
turns brown with the first frost,
the plant forms a new set of
branches from its crown.
Then, if you trim back the old,
trailing shoots to make way for
a stairway to your home.
• Area around heating unit. Soil
here is kept warm year-round and
accelerates termite development.
• Paper collars around pipes. Paper
is made from wood.
• Trellises. If the trellis touches the
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the new ones, the plant will be
ready to bloom again in March.
Finally, a word of warning: If
you hate butterflies, don’t buy
this plant! I once saw three tiger
swallowtails fight for position on
one poor flower. Their behavior
was shameless!
Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’ is
a great all-around plant and
quite deserving of the Gold Medal
award for excellence. Give it a try
in your landscape this year.
Look for the Gold Medal tag and
take home a winner!
(Dr. Paul Thomas is a horticul
turist with the University of
Georgia Extension Service.)
soil and is connected to the house, it
provides a direct link for termites from
soil to wood.
(Janet Rodekohr is a news editor
with the University of Georgia
Extension Service.)
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