Lantana

Lantana is the plant to get if you are searching for a colorful, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance plant.  This popular annual always delivers in abundance, producing clusters of fragrant, trumpet shaped flowers.

The foliage is green and with serrated leaves.  Lantana’s growth habit is mounding and slightly trailing. It loves to soak up the heat and requires little maintenance. It can be trimmed back to control growth or to promote more branching for bushier plants.

They look great whether in the garden or on the patio. Lantana is the ultimate landscape plant. All lantanas are heat and drought tolerant, and their blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds. They bloom continuously from spring to first fall frost. They do not require deadheading. In warmer areas they are evergreen. In the mid-south they can comeback after dying back in the winter if the winter is mild enough.

Lantana is easy to grow and low maintenance. They will thrive in average soils and will tolerate poorer soils. Once established, they do not need a lot of water. Lantana in containers should be watered regularly.

Bandana Lantana has a more vigorous, mounding-trailing habit which makes it perfect for flower beds and landscapes. The blooms are much larger than other varieties providing more color. Bloom clusters of small blooms are held out above dark green foliage. The foliage is fragrant but not everybody likes the way it smells.

Plant in full sun 12-24″ apart. Grows 12-26″ tall and 12-24″ wide.

We grow Bandana Lantana in our 1G Premium Annuals size category and carry Cherry, Cherry Sunrise, Lemon Zest, Red and Trailing Gold.

Bandito Lantana has a compact, mounding habit which makes it perfect for flower beds, containers and hanging baskets. They have large blooms that provide an endless display of color all summer long. 

Though the plants are more compact than Bandana Lantana, the blooming power is just as vigorous as the larger varieties, and they perform just as well in landscapes are other lantana. Bloom clusters of small blooms are held out above dark green foliage. The foliage is fragrant but not everybody likes the way it smells.

Plant Bandito in full sun 10-12″ apart. Grows 12-14″ tall and 12-14″ wide.

We grow Bandito Lantana in our #4.5 Annuals size category and carry Orange Sunrise and Red.

Bloomify Lantana is the first certified sterile lantana. Being a sterile plant, Bloomify will not cycle out of color in the summer while it goes to seed. It will bloom all summer Long.

Bloomify Lantana is a compact series with a medium-mounded habit in the landscape.

Plant 10-12″ apart in full sun. Grows 12-14″ tall and 10-12″ wide.

We grow Bloomify Pink Lantana in our #4.5 Annuals size category.

Landmark Lantana is one of the top picks for landscape lantana. It has a vigorous, mounding habit and is ideal for mass plantings. The blooms are large and provide color all summer. Landmark has 2″ bloom clusters of small blooms above dark green foliage. The foliage is fragrant but not everybody likes the way it smells.

Plant in full sun 16-22″ apart. Grows 15-20″ tall and 18-24″ wide.

We grow Landmark Sunrise Rose in our #4.5 Annuals size category.

New Gold Lantana has golden-yellow bloom clusters on dark green foliage. This popular lantana always delivers in abundance, producing clusters of trumpet shaped flowers. New Gold looks great whether in the garden or on the patio. 

Plant in full sun18″ to 24” apart. Grows 15” to 20” tall.

We grow New Gold in our #4.5 Premium Annual size category.

PassionFruit Lantana is a trailing-spreading lantana with dark green foliage. It is perfectly suit for growing in hanging baskets and containers.

PassionFruit blooms all summer long and never cycles out of color. It’s blooms are multi-colored with shades of bright pink, salmon, orange and yellow.

Plant in full sun 12″ apart. Grows 12-16″ tall and 12-14″ wide.

We grow PassionFruit Lantana in our #10 Hanging Basket size category.

Shamrock Lantana has an upright, mounding habit with good branching. and are a little more vigorous that Little Lucky Lantanas but more upright and not as spreading a habit as Lucky Lantanas.

Shamrock does well in landscapes and is an excellent choice for patio containers and hanging baskets.

Note: Shamrock White is the cleanest white lantana currently on the market.

Plant Shamrock 12-14″ apart in full sun to part sun. Grows 12-16″ tall and 12-14″ wide.

We grow Shamrock Lantana in our #4.5 Premium Annual size category. We grow Butterscotch Glow, Orange Flame, Peach, Red, Rose Gold and White.

We also grow mixes of Shamrock Lantana in our #10 Hanging Baskets.

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#10 Lantana Baskets

In our #10 Hanging Baskets we grow a mix of Shamrock Lantanas and a mono variety basket of PassionFruit Lantana.

#12 Basket Combos & #12 Deco Combos

In our combinations program, we added MixMasters Lantana in both #12 Baskets and #12 Deco size categories.