It should have enough room to reach about two feet wide, staying low to the ground. May 4, 2008 My lantana are not coming back very well this season. How to Grow Lantana - Bob Vila Lantana is a beautiful flowering plant that blooms in the summer. Flowers are multicolored with yellow, pink, and magenta blooms. Lantana is not susceptible to many diseases, but there are a few that could possibly affect your plants in certain conditions. If aphids are noticed in small quantities, they can be sprayed off with the garden hose. If you notice that the plant appears overcrowded, you should re-pot it to a bigger pot and take it outdoors when the temperatures are warm again. In order to ensure that the roots of your plant receive the waters benefits, you must first moisten the soil in the container if it is absolutely dry. If the lantana plant was overwatered, you'll notice that all of the leaves are brown. The leaves and fruit are a favorite snack of browsing animals like white-tailed deer. Large plants are more at risk since they naturally require more water than smaller plants. If you are planting with other plants and you need to fertilize, the Lantana might grow a little quicker, but it wont have much effect. With consistent application and clean bursts of water, the plant should return to its robust self quickly. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. The flowers can be red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and white. They are sometimes confused with oregano or marjoram. Lantana leaf blotch miner. Some of the common shades are red, white, blue, yellow, orange, and even blue, but many plants feature blooms that change hue as the season progresses. Lantana lace bugs cause leaves to appear grayish and stippled or to brown and drop. Toxicity caused by excessive or improper fertilizer application or salt accumulation is treated, if possible, by thoroughly flushing the soil around the lantana with water to leach the problematic substance out of the plant's root zone. In contrast to species of lantanas, cultivars are often sterile. Yellow patches between leaf veins on elder leaves are the first sign of magnesium shortage. The flowers are dark golden, yellow that pair beautifully with the green leaves. If you live in the southern U.S., maybe try planting one of the native varieties to support the pollinators in your area. Lantanasare available in a rainbow of colors, and more are being introduced all the time. Once the flowers begin to dry out, they will also produce seed pods, and this simply means the plant has reached the end of its life cycle. For many years Ive been told that once cut back to the ground, lantana should be well-mulched to prevent rainwater from getting into the exposed plant, flowing to the roots, subsequently freezing and killing the plant or part of it. It loves hot and humid climates but grows well in warm and dry climates as well.