How to Grow Lantana

Simply choose a sunny location and plant them in well-draining soil. Although these plants are tolerant of many soil conditions, lantana flowers prefer slightly acidic soil. Mulching with pine needles is an easy way to increase acidity levels in the soil.

Do Lantana come back every year?
How do you care for Lantanas?
How quickly does lantana grow?
How do you grow lantana at home?
Do lantana plants repel mosquitoes?
How do you keep lantana blooming?
Is Lantana poisonous to touch?
What is the best fertilizer for Lantana?
How many hours of sun does Lantana need?
Do hummingbirds like lantana?
Do Lantanas spread?
Is Lantana poisonous to dogs?

Do Lantana come back every year?

In frost-free climates, lantana grows all year, but in areas with light frost, this plant will die back in the winter. Lantana can be highly invasive, particularly in frost-free areas.

How do you care for Lantanas?

Water newly planted lantana regularly to ensure healthy root development. While established plants are drought tolerant, they stage the best show when they receive roughly one inch of water per week, either through rainfall or irrigation. Regular watering fuels steady growth and full-size flowers in greater numbers.

How quickly does lantana grow?

Height/Spread: Lantana can reach 2 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 10 feet wide when grown as a perennial. In areas where treated as an annual, lantana grow 3 to 4 feet tall and 1 to 3 feet wide in a single season.

How do you grow lantana at home?

Take cuttings of new growth in spring. Cut 4-inch (10 cm.) tips from the stems and remove the lower leaves from the cutting, leaving only one or two leaves at the top. Prepare a small pot of seed starting mix or a half-and-half mixture of peat moss and perlite.

Do lantana plants repel mosquitoes?

Lantana flowers have such a potent effect against mosquitoes, a scholarly journal published a report about it: The Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (yes, there is such a journal) shares that "lantana flower extract in coconut oil provided 94.5 percent protection from Aedes albopictus and Ae.

How do you keep lantana blooming?

To encourage blooming, continually deadhead lantana plants by removing faded blooms, seeds or berries throughout the blooming season from late spring until frost. In addition to deadheading, shear off the new growth on branch tips to boost repeat blooming.

Is Lantana poisonous to touch?

Lantana has become a garden staple, whether it is grown as a perennial, in warm climates, or as annual plants in areas with cold winters. As a skin irritant, it only causes mild and short-term irritation, so you might not even have noticed that it bothered you.

What is the best fertilizer for Lantana?

Feed in-ground lantana plants in early spring, using a dry fertilizer. Lantana isn't picky but, in general, the best fertilizer for lantanas is a good quality, balanced fertilizer with a NPK ratio such as 10-10-10 or 20-20-20.

How many hours of sun does Lantana need?

Lantana plants like full sun or partial sun. The plant should receive at least 6 hours (or more) of direct sunlight every day. It can tolerate some afternoon shade but will flower less if planted in a shady spot.

Do hummingbirds like lantana?

Lantana (Annual)

A favorite of butterflies and hummingbirds alike, lantana offers colorful red, yellow, orange, pink, lavender, or white flowers.

Do Lantanas spread?

Trailing lantana (Lantana montevidensis) is a low-growing, spreading plant that produces a profusion of lavender, purple or white flowers which also attract butterflies. It is good for baskets or training into standards.

Is Lantana poisonous to dogs?

Lantana, those beautiful flowers of pink, red, orange, and yellow are toxic to both cats and dogs. The levels of toxicity in it are generally mild to moderate so keep an eye out for any of the following signs of ingestion!