| Description | Lantanas are a group of semi-evergreen shrubs that are commonly used in hanging baskets and outdoor pots. Hardy in 7-8 south grown as an annual elsewhere. |
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| Pronunciation | (lan-TAN-ah) |
| Plant Type | Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 7-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny, in zone 5 where I live I have grown them in pots on a blacktop driveway against the reflective siding and southern exposure and they thrived |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, needs to be well drained |
| Growing Media | average patio |
| Temperature | very heat tolerant, not frost hardy |
| Flowers | rounded dense clusters (umbels) of small flowers in many colors, new flowers may have a multitube of different colored florets |
| Fruit | black berries. |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, dentate and roughly hairy, green, variegated, and some yellow types |
| Stems | sprawling woody stem shrub |
| Dimensions | can get greater than 2 feet in one season, usually much smaller |
| Maintenance | Pinching and pruning to control length and keep the plant busy and needs to be dead headed. Plants grown indoors have a tendency to be attacked by white fly. I have never seen white flies on my garden plants. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | tropical America |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Lantana, Lantana Sunrise Pink, Lantana New Gold, Lantana Patriot Cherry |
| Author's Notes | I find Lantana's easy to grow and have had may pots of them in my garden. When taking them inside, cut back hard and spray to control any hitch hiker insects. |
| Notes & Reference | #43-Taylor's Guide to Container Gardening, #109-Annuals and Tender Perennials for North American Gardens (Wayne Winterroud) |
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