Very pretty

Thank you!.............Her babies are all variegated.

3.5' canopy. So you're suggesting cutting back in late spring?...I just re-potted her this past early spring...yep, pruned roots & changed soil..I do baby her. They're not that common up here though. But I Love mine. Thank you Al.

Yes - time it so you're cutting off the lanky winter growth and keeping the tight summer growth. You'll have a much more attractive and compact (full) plant.

Al

Thank you much Al.

Al

I think I'll give her fresh potting mix in the spring too because I just amended it with perlite, peat moss and some vermiculite. So it's a much lighter mix.

Debra

Vermiculite tends to pack up - holds lots of water, and it also decomposes pretty fast. I believe that much better ingredient would be more perlite. What else is your mix made of?

Debra, can you post a pic of your lantana please? I buy it every year and never thought to bring it in because it usually looks bad by the end of summer. I have two that still look good.

Thank you Rina...I don't put very much in. I use a 10 gallon galvanized barrel to mix in. I would say probably 2 cups worth....1/2 organic potting soil to about the same peat moss & a cup of bonemeal, and a whole bag of Perlite. not a huge bag mind you, but manageable for me. about a 2.5 to 3 lb. bag.

Hi Nancy...do you cut them back? I just learned to do that in early spring. I was cutting back at the wrong time of the year....Truthfully, I have not been out in the yard this year to dead head, or to do anything. So it doesn't look as good as it usually does when I bring it in.....I never even watered it. It's hard to get it all in frame.

You don't need to add potting soil plus peat. Potting soil is made up of almost all peat as it is.

That looks really pretty Debra. I had 5 last year and they all ended up with mealy bug, which is what usually happens here, so I never worried about bringing them in and treated them as an annual. You have inspired me to try it and I will remember to cut them back in Spring.

Thank you Dave..I'll remember that, makes sense.

Thank you Nancy....I just tuck it in between my foundation shrubs where it gets full sun. (south facing)...and I shower the heck out of her w/hand held shower head after I hose off outside first...good luck & pick a pretty one!