Hi nosyrosie. I planted my shrub last year and the plants around it got so overgrown I don't remember seeing how it looked over winter. I can tell you it didn't grow very much this season which supposedly is one of its attributes. My one gallon shrub is still only 2 feet tall and it's at least a 2 year old plant.

Sorry I don't have more info. Sincerely, Squirrellypete

Caryopteris isn't evergreen for me. But it's gorgeous and blooming right now.

My Lantana Athens Rose survived last winter. The guy that sold it to me said they are perennial. I think people take cuttings mainly to propogate.
Pam

My Athens Rose Lantana has come back for 2-3 years. Mine's on a well-drained slope, and I don't cut it back until Spring. So far it has been as reliable for me as Miss Huff, although the Winters haven't been that challenging. My Tangerine Lantana has been returning as well.

There's some type of Lantana that's very prevalent in country gardens around here that grows large and has predominantly pink flowers. It obviously returns regularly. I need to get a cutting from someone. It may be Pink Caprice, or maybe it's just some other reliable heirloom form that gets passed around.

I'm so glad to hear my lantana may survive. I've seen big ones but I figured they were in sheltered parts of the garden or something that allowed them to get that big. Meanwhile the literature (I think) is telling us only Ms. Huff is hardy here.

Thanks for the information; I may have confused the caryopteris with abelia (which is sort of evergreen).

Rose

I think the large pink lantana you've been seeing may be Mozelle. I have heard that it is reliably hardy like Miss Huff and also that it will reseed.

my blue mist was not only not evergreen, it expired from some kind of fungal disease (i think) and it was probably a 2-3 year old. it did okay, if a little spindly, the first year and then just declined and kept on declining. it was on a slope with good soil, good sun, decent circulation and good drainage, so it had no excuse. it was pretty in bloom, but other than that i really would not recommend it. I'm not planting another one!

but it's possible i just couldn't figure out what it wanted. or that it wasn't healthy when I got it, ie, brought something with it. let me know how yours does, squirly.

Yikes, I'll keep a lookout for disease on my 'First Choice' then. Thanks for the info mairenn.

Squirrellypete

what mine had started out as just a little dieback on some of the smaller branches. then it worked its way down into some of the bigger branches. it kept ahead of my pruners. by the time it expired, the wood had swollen, the bark cracked, and it was getting white and grey plaques. the one "healthy" branch i cut and rooted succumbed to the same thing. just so you know what to watch for.

as a matter of fact, i've seen this disease before, unrelated to mine, on some really old butterfly bushes that had never been pruned, and on some crepe myrtles near them who had really wet feet. anybody know what it is? none of my other plants here have ever gotten it.

I bought three Lantanas that were all supposed to be New Gold. Of these only one has come back for five years through the worst weather.

I have Caryopteris "Longwood Blue" that seems to thrive everywhere. It can be propagated really easily by seed. I just sprinkled them about in the fall and had many plants the following year. As this is the only cultivar I have, the plants seem to breed true. Perhaps other cultivars will grow from seed too.

Susan.