08/21/2026
She’s pretty but she comes with a warning 👇👇👇
🌸 I plant multiple little 4” pots of lantana every spring and by fall they are large and full of blooms and covered in pollinators.
🌸 Once I plant her, I pretty much neglect her and yet, expect grandness from her. She rarely disappoints.
🌸 The more sun she gets, the hotter and drier it is, the better she performs.
🌸 The blooms can be pink or yellow or lilac or orange or…on and on.
🌸 Some varieties create a mound of flowers. Others trail.
🌸 She grows in most any zone but is an annual everywhere except zones 8-11. There are certain varieties that can handle the cold of zone 7…usually.
⚠️ But here’s the catch, she can be invasive. If you’re in zones 9-11, you probably know this. I have people from Australia who message in every year talking about lantana as a noxious w**d, all the while, she behaves like an angel in my garden, sadly saying goodbye each fall after the first good frost. The next spring, I invite her again.
So what is your take on lantana? What color do you prefer?
Big thanks to The Barn Nursery 🌿 for my lantana in my cottage garden. And shout out to Waffles and Biscuit for the cameo. 🐾🐾
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