Super Plant Homestead Purple verbena, best planted in fall

We’re about to start the fall season and it’s a great time of year to plant Homestead Purple verbena. It’s an LSU AgCenter Louisiana Super Plant selection for 2016. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains why this beautiful and tough verbena is worthy of the Super Plant title.

[JRNurse]

Lived in Louisiana years ago and fell in love with homestead verbena. It’s the deepest purple and I still love it.

[nameisprivate]

I planted 6 of this to be the border of a bed. Around the edge. It’s so leggy and just not what I wanted.
I wanted the look of what my creeping lantana does but without the height or constant cutback (I love my lantana but I wanted to avoid the trimming and taming I usually have to do).
What am I missing.