PlantFiles: Weeping Lantana, Trailing Lantana
Lantana montevidensis 'Trailing Lavender'

I have this growing in hanging baskets, dressed up with some vines, in sunny spots of my z7 yard. It doesn't seem to mind drying out at all, and gives me a steady supply of flowers. I'll overwinter them indoors.

Grows well around and under cedar trees. Grows well in poor soil with little water. Deer in my area have never bothered it at all. Comes back every year and by the end of summer one plant can cover a 6ft area. If it freezes it is best to cut back to the ground as it will come back up from the ground next year NOT on the old wood.

Houston:
We grew yellow trailing lantana in a small (4" x 4" X2 4" w*d*l) flower box last year - very pleased with the results.

We had about 4-5 hours of afternoon sun.

To keep it healthy, we watered every morning during the spring & fall, morning and evening during the summer.

We are going to try purple ones this year - hope they are just as easy......

does very well with full sun. The Phoenix AZ heat does not seem to brother it. Do not over water! Twice a week is ok with only about a gallon and half of water.

I just planted 4 Lantana in direct sun and 1 in shaded sun about a week ago. The shaded one has died already and the other four are doing great.

Since I only spaced them about 18" apart, I may not replace the dead one in the hope that the others will cover the area.

I live near Indio, California where it's been about 100 degrees for the last week.

i grew this plant last year in littleton n. c. I planted it in a hot dry spot and it grew quite large and bloomed all summer. last fall i covered it with mulch and now (april 26) it is sprouting new leaves. I plan on planting more of them this year.

San Antonio, Tx.
This lantana is among my 2 favorites. It grows quickly once established. It is low growing compared to the others and seems to take cold weather better. It will still be blooming after light frosts when the others have been "crisped". Like all lantanas, it grows and blooms best in full sun, but will grow in partial shade. If the winters are mild here, it does not die back. I trim it back each year whether it has died back or not to keep it from spreading out of the flowerbed. The stems easily root when they are in contact with the ground. When I prune it back, I place the rooted pieces in pots and grow them through the winter to give to friends and neighbors after seeing them in quart size containers at the local nurseries selling for $9.99. The plant can cause skin irritation. I sometimes break out for a few hours after trimming them, but not as badly as with the other lantanas.Because it is low growing and traiks, it makes a great container plant.

I live on the border of Sunset zones 8 & 14 in California, and I bought a small 6-pk of these beauties last year. Before I got them in the ground, three died. However once planted [in part shade], the other 3 spread out like gangbusters and bloomed until the heavy rains hit in fall, when they lost most of their leaves and got rather raggedy-looking. At this point, some of the leaves are starting to come back, but it has purple blooms all over it. Easy to care for and lovely to admire.

This plant is deer-resistant.

Here in West Texas, my Lantana dies back in the winter and comes back in the spring. It seems to take a little longer to come back than some other perennials, but is worth the wait.

My mother planted three Lantana in 2002; they were pretty that year but nothing spectacular. When I started added to the exsisting bed all I found was dead looking dried stumps. I dug all three up and saved one. I babied this dried plant for weeks and finally in June I saw three little green leaves. It stayed about 3 inches high until about 6 weeks ago and though it is not very big, but it makes up with the fact that it survived and is blooming profusely. I hope it comes back stronger next year.

I have a trailing lantana growing on my windowsill which receives afternoon southwesterly sun. I keep it regularly watered and it seems to be growing fine, but it is not blooming and the edges of several leaves are brown and crispy.

I recently bought one of these this spring. It has bloomed all summer. I live in Kentucky (USDA Zone 7) and I don't know how to keep this from dying other than to take it indoors.

Love this plant. I put it in the ground and it just bloomed all summer with no extra care from me. Easy to root cuttings also.

I have three colors of trailing lantana, yellow, white and purple, in my garden. Here in north Florida they bloom all year once the plant has established itself, unless we get a cold snap. They are very vigorous plants but not as invasive as the bush types of lantana. They don't have berries like the bush types either. They attract lots of butterflies and the illusive hummingbird moths. The leaves have a wonderfully spicy smell.

Trailing lantanas love the sun, are drought tolerant, and make great plants to use in flower beds adjacent to pavement, parking lots and driveways, where other plants wither in the heat. They do well as underplantings beneath palm trees, crape myrtles, and make good potted plants.

A tender perennial, this trailing form of lantana is gaining popularity as a groundcover and hanging basket plant. Color choices are becoming more abundant. The white and lavender flowering varieties are typically sterile and don't require deadheading.

The foliage is dark green and coarsely toothed. It has a distinctive smell when crushed or bruised. There have been some reports of animals becoming sick after ingesting the leaves.