Botanical Name: Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Hot Pink’ Common Name: Verbena Hardiness Zone: Perennial in USDA Zones 7–11; Grown as an Annual in Colder Climates Size: 8–12" Tall × 18–24" Spread Growth Habit: Low-Mounded, Spreading, Well-Branched Sunlight: Full Sun Soil: Well-Drained Soil; Tolerates Poor, Sandy, and Lean Soils Water Needs: Low to Moderate; Highly Drought Tolerant Once Established Bloom Season: Late Spring through Frost Fertilizer: Light Feeding Encourages Best Blooming

Features: Hot Pink Flower Clusters, Excellent Heat & Drought Tolerance, Long Bloom Window, Pollinator Friendly, Low Maintenance

Uses: Garden Beds, Borders, Containers, Groundcover-Style Plantings, Mass Plantings

Patent: ❌ Not Patented Propagation: ✔ Allowed

More About Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Hot Pink’

Verbena canadensis ‘Homestead Hot Pink’ offers bold, high-energy color paired with the legendary toughness of the Homestead verbena line. Its bright pink flower clusters blanket the plant and remain vibrant even during extended periods of heat and sun.

The plant forms a low, spreading mound that fills in quickly, making it ideal for front borders, slopes, and wide plantings where consistent coverage is desired. Once established, it spreads steadily and flowers continuously, delivering reliable color with minimal upkeep.

Why We Like It (Our Trials)

In trials, ‘Homestead Hot Pink’ has shown the same resilience that made ‘Homestead Purple’ famous. It thrives in full sun, tolerates drought well, and continues blooming through stressful summer conditions without thinning or losing vigor.

We especially like it for high-visibility areas where strong color matters. The hot pink tones stay saturated in bright sunlight and provide standout contrast against green foliage and neutral companion plants.

Homestead Hot Pink vs. Other Verbena

Hot Pink modernizes the Homestead line with stronger color impact, but it still plays by old-school rules. Its hot pink blooms deliver punch in the landscape, though the plant itself remains more relaxed and spreading than most series verbenas. Compared to EnduraScape™ Pink Fizz, Homestead Hot Pink lacks the bicolor complexity and trial-driven uniformity, but it matches it in toughness. 

Against other Pink Verbena, Homestead Hot Pink feels looser and less controlled, trading container polish for persistence in beds and borders. Against Lanai® Scarletand s tones, Homestead Hot Pink feels less controlled but far more persistent over time. When contrasted with Verbena bonariensis ‘Vanity’, the difference is architectural—Vanity adds height and movement, while Homestead Hot Pink spreads and anchors the garden. Homestead Hot Pink is best viewed as a bold perennial groundcover Verbena rather than a precision color tool.