Add more color to your garden with these lovely flowers
Popular for its colorful flowers, the lantane they are one of the best plants you can grow for a colorful garden. Additionally, they require little attention and thrive year round. Let’s learn to take care of them!
The best lantanas you can grow
- wrap lantana: They are gorgeous with their white flowers;
- horrible lantana: Very resistant plant, it blooms in shades of red, orange, yellow, purple;
- lantana motevidensis: This climbing variety is excellent as ground cover and in hanging baskets;
- lantana camera: The most common and invasive variety, it grows very quickly;
- lantana urticoidi: Flowers from spring to winter.
Lantana propagation
Growing the plant from seed is a fairly simple process. However, they will not germinate if the seeds are a hybrid variety. You can also propagate the plant from cuttings.
Take 10-15cm from a healthy plant, remove the lower leaves, dip the tip in a rooting hormone and plant it in quality potting soil. Keep the soil moist and place the pot near a sunny window.
Plant lantana after the height of winter when a light spring warmth comes. In the tropics, you can plant it at any time of the year.
Grow lantana in pots
The key to growing potted lantane is to make sure they get it lots of sunlight. You may need to be a little more careful when it comes to watering than other garden plants, and that’s it. It is very easy to grow and looks great in sunny windows.
treatment
Position
To have a healthy and abundantly flowering lantana, you need to carefully choose the area in which to grow it. Lantana needs full sun and a dry place. In the tropics, you can also grow lantana in partial shade.
irrigation
Lantana is drought tolerant once established. water only once a week, being careful not to get the leaves or flowers wet. Let the soil dry out between watering periods to prevent mold and mildew caused by over-watering.
In midsummer or when the plant is young, water regularly.
Land
Lantana is an undemanding plant and thrives on most soils. It prefers rich, well-drained soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH level.
Tip
The key to growing lantana isn’t paying too much attention to it! Don’t over-fertilize and water sparingly. It is a low maintenance facility.
Fertilizer
Lantanas thrive in all types of soil and therefore do not need nutrients to thrive. If you want to increase the growth of the plant, fertilize it once every 2-3 months with a feed of 20-20-20 (NPK). See the label for dosage and instructions.
dead flowers
Remove withered flowers from time to time. This will prevent the plant from diverting energy to bear fruit that contains seeds, which weakens it, shortening the flowering period.
pruning
Prune the plant to encourage dense flower growth. Pinch the new shoots with your fingers to encourage more branches and lush growth. Also, cut long, dry branches from time to time.
Parasites and diseases
Lantana is resistant to most diseases, but it can be attacked by spider mites, mealybugs and aphids, especially if grown in poor conditions.
Toxicity to lantana plants
Lantana leaves and berries contain toxic compounds called triterpenoids and can be lethal. Symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, mouth irritation, and abdominal pain may occur. Best to keep the plant out of the reach of cats, dogs and children.
Lantana as a ground cover
Because the plant is exceptionally fast growing, hard to kill, and performs very well in full sun, all of which make it a great ground cover specimen. It reaches 25-35 cm in height and is beautiful with its small flowers. However, it’s best to grow them in raised beds to keep growth and propagation in check.
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