What pests attack garden verbena?

Leaf Miner, Two-spotted spider mite, Whitefly

Garden verbena pests and diseases: how to recognise them

Q: Which garden verbena problems need quick action?

Grey mould: On strawberries, grapes and other soft fruit a soft brown rot, often as the fruit ripens; on gooseberries whole branches die.

Verbena × hybrida

The pests, diseases and disorders recorded for garden verbena in our library, each with a photo and its first symptom. Every page has the full list of symptoms, organic and chemical treatment and prevention.

At a glance

Problems in total	4
Pests	3
Diseases	1
Need quick action	1

How to grow garden verbena · All pests and diseases

Pests

Leaf MinerHeavily mined leaves dry up or drop early; badly affected tomato plants can lose most of their leaves.Photo: Flowersabc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Two-spotted spider miteFine silk webbing over leaves and shoot tips in heavy attacks.Also called: red spider mitePhoto: Gilles San Martin from Namur, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
WhiteflySticky honeydew on leaves, stems and fruit, followed by black sooty mould.Photo: gaucho, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Diseases

Grey mouldOn strawberries, grapes and other soft fruit a soft brown rot, often as the fruit ripens; on gooseberries whole branches die.Photo: Schlaghecken Josef, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Which garden verbena problems need quick action?

These spread or do lasting harm fast; check the plants and start treatment the day you see them.

Grey mould: Small black seed-like bodies may form on the infected material.

Plants with many of the same problems

Which plants each problem affects: sources

The links between these problems and the plant were checked against these pages.

hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/verbena/