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Lantana Plants

August 30, 2016 By Karen Creel

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If you are looking for a plant for a sunny area, that can withstand the heat, lantana plants are a great choice.  It adds a lot of color to your garden, and the butterflies and hummingbirds love it!  Lantana comes in a variety of colors, and this scarlet red is beautiful.

Lantana in Blue Garden Cart www.Gardenchick.com

Lantana makes a great container plant, but you better have a big enough container for it.

This old log is overflowing with yellow lantana.

Lantana in old log www.Gardenchick.com

This is an old Chore Time Feeder I bought from a chicken farmer who was going to sell it for scrap.  It now sits at the corner of my split rail fence and holds a variegated lantana.  This lantana is supposed to be a perennial lantana.  I live in zone 7 and most lantanas are annuals to zone 9 where they are considered perennials.

Varigated Lantana in Chore Time Feeder www.Gardenchick.com

You can also plant lantana in the ground, and it can withstand partial shade.  This lantana hides my little concrete garden gnome underneath a tree.

Garden gnome in Lantana www.Gardenchick.com

Care of lantana plants:

  • Choose a sunny location with well drained soil
  • Mulch with pine needles to raise the pH levels of the soil
  • Water frequently when first planted, but after that they are tolerant of dry conditions and require little maintence.
  • Water weekly once established.
  • Fertilize in the spring.
  • Deadhead as needed, and cut back overgrown plants about 1/3 to encourage re blooming.

Red Lantana www.Gardenchick.com

Lantana Growing Problems:

  • Provide enough light to prevent powdery mildew
  • Pests include lace bugs and whiteflies which may cause sooty mold, or cause the leaves to turn gray or brown, then fall off.

Lantana varieties www.Gardenchick.com

 

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Comments

  1. Patti Estep says

    August 31, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    I love lantana. I does exactly as you say. Stands up to the heat and blooms its head off. Unfortunately for me in zone 6 it does not winter over but I often buy it for pots.


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