5 Reasons to Grow Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides)
Sep 28, 2023 · Live in Texas? You need Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides or Lantana horrida). This native Lantana is an excellent pollinator plant!
Texas Lantana: Detailed Care and Growing Guide - Own Yard Life
Mar 1, 2024 · Texas lantana, scientifically known as Lantana urticoides, is a resilient and versatile plant that thrives in various conditions. This deciduous shrub, also referred to as calico bush or West Indian shrub-verbena, is native to Texas and other parts of North America.
Texas lantana - Native Plant Society of Texas
May 24, 2011 · Texas lantana, with its verbena tube flowers, is an excellent food-source for many nectaring butterflies, especially swallowtails, hairstreaks, skippers, sulphurs and brush-foot butterflies. It is also a crucial food source for the larva of the Lantana Scrub-Hairsteak butterfly.
Texas Lantana - Buchanan's Native Plants
Texas Lantana features showy cymes of red flowers with orange overtones and yellow centers at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall. It has green foliage throughout the season. The serrated pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.
Texas Lantana Growing & Care Guide - The Garden Magazine
Jun 21, 2023 · Texas Lantana is a beautiful and easy-to-grow plant that can add color and vibrancy to any garden. Here are some tips on how to grow this stunning plant: Choose the right location: Lantana urticoides prefers full sun and well-draining soil.
When to Plant Lantana in Texas: Best Seasons and Tips
Jul 19, 2024 · In Texas, the best time to plant lantana is right after the last frost date, typically around mid-March to April. This timing gives these beauties the advantage of warmer soil and ample sun as they kick off their growing season. Nothing …
Here is the BEST Time to Plant Lantana in Texas (2023 Guide)
Dec 20, 2022 · Lantana are not able to survive frost or cold weather under 50 degrees Fahrenheit. So if you plant them outside too early in the spring they will die. And if you plant them too late, your lantana won’t produce a bloom. Today, I’m going to teach you the ideal time to plant lantana in Texas: To Learn More About HOW to Grow Lantana, Check Out ...
Lantana horrida - Native Plant Society of Texas
Native habitat: fields, thickets, swamps, rich sandy woods, scrub, gravelly hills, flats. Widely distributed throughout much of Texas. WARNING: fruit is poisonous to humans and pets. Propagation: seed, clump division.
Growing and Care For Texas Lantana - Plantglossary
Jan 1, 2023 · Texas Lantana plants are commonly found in, you guessed it, Texas. They also grow natively across much of the southern US. These low growing shrubs are incredibly easy to care for, and make for excellent groundcover in rock gardens or between larger shrubs and trees.
Lantana urticoides (Texas Lantana) - Gardenia
Texas Lantana is a tough, resilient plant valued for its long blooming season and its resistance to drought, heat, deer, and salt. It is a fine choice as a shrubby ground cover in dry, poor soil. Grows up to 2-3 ft. tall (60-90 cm) and 4-6 ft. wide (120-180 cm).