Well I am on the lookout for some...hoping it stays perennial in my dry and sunny allotment. I have this down as one of the possible edging plants (along with juniper, rosemary and lentiscus). It flowers for a long time, good for pollinators and I am always keen on more orange. It would be too tender to be a perennial for you, mxk3...but for such a lowly cost, you would be mad not to go for it.

I love black magic woman!

I've never seen Lantana survive a winter here, Rosa. Does it in your area?

Rouge -- that planting is fabulous!

So I guess we like lantana :0)

Lantana is a plant of choice for my west facing porch planters. It can take heat & is a sun lover. Here in zone 8 PNW it‘s an annual. In CA it may be evergreen or perennial. I like to pair Lantana with Verbena - same deal - loves heat - great colors - annual in my zone

No idea, Floral...but I grow so many other tender things that I consider it worth having a go. The last couple of winters has been...peculiar. Pelargoniums and agapanthus died, while salvias, mandevilla and even an aeonium, left outside in pots, survived. Feels like we are in a transitional phase where old rules don't always apply.

Plus, I really, really like orange.

I like to pair Lantana with Verbena

('KW' I'm thinking that in this pairing the plants are in the ground (not containers)?)

And a bit similarly for me I often pair lantana with salvia

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) - No, I use both lantana & verbena in my large porch planters & also in hanging baskets - verbena sort of trails & lantana doesn’t get too tall. I plant very few annual bedding plants in ground - just in one small flower bed that used to hold a raised planting bed for tomatoes which I gave up on years ago.

Oh, 'KN', I was being dumb, I had v bonariensis on my brain rather than verbena bedding plants. For sure you have them in a pot.

Well....I've tried lantana a few times and I stopped buying it. I don't remember why, sorry. I do love Verbena, but I added some to the bed and some to a large container this year, and those in the ground, the rabbits immediately ate down to the ground. Those in the pot are doing great and I love them. So I prefer the verbena over the lantana for some reason.

Ok @prairiemoon2 z6b MA, message me your address and I will ship you my fave lantanas! 😉

Some species of lantana (urticoides for one) are perennial here. I have three selections/colorings. They're very long lived as a rule, only too much winter/spring moisture killing them.

Rouge, that is just SO generous of you to offer....lol. Thank you! I just brought home a large six pack of Cuphea for the hummers and I stil have two left that I haven't found a place for! I think I am going to have to enoy yours. Post photos of your favorites so I can look for them at the nursery next spring. And tell me what you love about them?

@porkchop_z5b_MI, as these lantanas have progressed through the season I sometimes think of this thread. Here it is today:

^^ That looks just like the one I have. Although mine is just meh...it's kind of just sat there since I planted it.

With all the rain we had in June and July, our lantanas (and other sun and heat loving annuals) have taken their time about "bulking up". But it is happening now.

Lantanas are beautiful, especially when well maintained. The only "bad" thing is the scent. It spells like bleach!

'Carpilla' I have grown many lantana for many years and I have never come across this!

I planted a lantana 3 or 4 years ago. I bought it as sn annual, but it keeps coming back. It gets huge here and grows on a dry slope.

here it is with goldenrod…

Hey @porkchop_z5b_MI. This simple 'mass' of lantana (4 plants) gets the most inquiries of people walking past along the sidewalk. Here it is today...September 20th and it looks the best it ever has.

^^ Looks great!

Markay, the yellow/orange lantana you have is sold as perennial here.

I always love lantana, even its pungant smell some people avoid. But I get tied of the yellow/orange type. This year I bought a few soft pink/lavender low grow ones. I think it is little lucky but I lost the label. They are annuals and done blooming now. I am not sure if I can pot them up and over winter in garage?

I always love lantana, even its pungant smell some people avoid.

And yet I have grown these plants for years and I have never experienced a scent from them...good or bad.

@rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) Is that so? Not even when you rub the leaves? The smell is very strong to me, somewhat fruity and pungent

I noticed your enormous clump of lantana on another of your photos, Markay (and was impressed all over again). Have not managed to get any (although I did find several mimulus aurianticus for my orange kick). I am taking a careless approach to my tender plants this year, with some ferocious field testing, leaving things in the ground to live or die. Mostly because I am drowning in unplanted pots and the greenhouse is already filled. Have to try some radical moves, keeping aeoniums, echeverias, salvias, pelargoniums etc. in the sheltered (walled) garden, and moving all the tougher perennials out to the allotment...but I am currently a bit paralysed by indecision, not really wanting to embark upon armageddon just yet (digging out entire garden beds) but horribly aware of the window of planting opportunity slowly closing.

Cheers, Camps

Very relatable Camps!! I have a number of plants I want to move. I’ve been holding off hoping for some autumn rains and cooler temps, but the dry continues here.

Part of what I love about the lantana is that it doesn’t care about the lack of water. I just wish I’d known that it would become permanent when I planted it!

Here it is with October Skies aster