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Common Name: Lantana Camara Hardy Pink
Botanical Name: Lantana x Camara Hardy Pink'
Plant Type: Perennial
Light Requirement: Sun/part sun
Water Requirement: Low
Heat/Drought Tolerance: Very High
Height: 1 to 3 feet
Width/Spacing: 3 – 6 feet
Flower Color: Yellow to pink as they age
Blooming Period: Spring till frost
Plant Form or Habit: Shrub
Foliage Color and Texture: Deciduous
Butterfly or bird attracter: Butterflies, hummingbirds
Deer Resistant: Yes
Plant Use: Mass plantings, groundcover, containers
Lantana is a commonly cultivated shrub native from
southernmost Texas to Central America. Ornamental flower clusters are produced throughout the summer
and are a favorite of butterflies and other nectar-feeding insects. Flower color is normally yellow, but
many different cultivated varieties have been developed with different colors. This cultivar has flowers
that change color from yellow to pink as they age.
There are many named varieties and hybrids of lantana available that are more compact, bloom earlier,
produce more colorful flowers, or hold their flowers better in bad weather than the "common" type. Some
new varieties are also almost sterile (rarely set seed), which means deadheading is not as important for
continuous bloom and it is unlikely to become invasive.
Lantana provides summer color. In winter, some gardeners prune back lantana to keep the plants from
getting too large. The stems become thorny especially with age, so caution is necessary when cutting them
back. The blue-black fruit clusters are poisonous.
Use as a groundcover, in mass plantings and banks, in containers and baskets, or even as a hedge. A very
versatile plant, plus it is a butterfly and hummingbird magnet. Deer and rabbit resistant. Plant in the spring
and water as needed during the first growing season, thereafter it is considered heat and drought tolerant.
Source of data: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Plantanswers/publications/lantana/lantana.html
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/laca.html
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