Hi SW peeps,

I'm curious if your lantana has broke dormancy yet? My trailing lantana is healthy and rebound just fine but all my yellow and Dallas Red are still not showing any sign of waking up. They do feel rooted. We haven't had many 80 degree days just yet, so I'm hoping I'll get some signs very soon. Just wondering your thoughts.

Thanks a bunch and happy gardening!

Lantana grows as an annual here, I haven't found any that last through the winter. I'm in 7a. Makes a great butterfly attractor!

Thank you, Ms Doe. I'm hoping that isn't the case, but the later it gets on the calendar, the more I'm afraid it might be so here as well. The trailing lantana return faithfully year after year… not so with these uprights. Sigh.

You're a bit warmer than where I am, but maybe not warm enough. Even though it's in the 70's today, we'll often have hard freezes into mid-May. It's too early to plant annuals here, but the big box stores already have them in stock.
Do you have a favorite lantana variety?

Yes, my purple trailing lantana! The rabbits have eaten them down to stubs and they pop right back up! I swear they bloom 10-11 months out of the year it seems!

I love them all. Heck, I love all the flowers. I'm still working on my perennial landscape. I don't mind the annuals for bowls and small pots, but it's the perennials I want for landscape.

I finally figured out the wild desert yellow daisy likes it here, so I've let many grow. They are beautiful!! Perhaps the daisy will be my property's most prevalent flower. They volunteer themselves and look beautiful when watered and cared for.

I see the picture of the purple lantana in your earlier post--it looks great! Is that the one that's coming back now? I'll have to give it a try.
Natives are always best. Do you have a picture of the yellow daisies?

I don't have photos of the daisy just yet, but they are forming heads and will most likely pop next week. I'm be sure to snap some photos to share with you once they flower. I have to keep them trimmed in a vase shape to see under them since snakes are a real concern around here.

The purple trailing lantana is a tough plant. We do get a freeze, frost and snow in the winter. No much snow and the freeze/frost is typically for 4 hrs. Very unusual to have 32 or below much before 3 a.m. We did, however, have a couple of full night freeze temps this past winter, but all the trailing have returned. I mulched the uprights heavy this past winter and have now scooted the mulch chips away hoping to see some root re-growth.

It is what it is, but if I need to replace them, I know what I'll be buying more of! The yellow Mexican Bird of Paradise have leafed out and even getting their flower buds but not the orange MBOP. These little protected pockets around the house sure do make a difference in respects to wind chill/damage. Same is very true with the various oleander… red is best… pink and white more delicate to the cold.

Nevertheless, I'll March forward letting the daisy grow if I like where they seed.

I found the purple lantana at Lowe's yesterday, and of course one jumped into my cart. It is labeled as not hardy below 32 degrees, by the way. Did yours come back at all?
So now it's potted out front, looks totally unfazed by its move.
My first butterfly nectar plant of the season, and already in bloom!

Yay, Ms. Doe!! I'm glad you found a trailing lantana. Mine will have trouble in the winter chill but they always come back each Spring… actually, they start early around February for us, but we are in a warmer zone than you. There's no doubt you will enjoy this new lantana until your first frost. They are a hardy plant! Give it full sun and moderate water with a boost now and again. Enjoy the process!

Ms. Doe, I just came in from snap photos of the yellow daisy for you and saw your posting about the lantana. Hahaha, how great is that!

Anyways, here's some photos I just took. They are just about at their peak in blooms… these are those native volunteers. Once this round of blooms die off, I'll cut the whole bush back to a manageable size and we will do it all over again a few times between now and winter.

Free no dig Desert daisies! Yes, please!!

I'm happy with any native that survives and flowers, but I have to say those desert daisies look great! Do you happen to know their scientific name? There are so many yellow daisy-ish flowers.
Is that a Lady Banks' rose on the trellis? I have two that improve the look of my chain link fence.
If you're ever in Tombstone Arizona, be sure to see the "rose tree", it's impressive.
https://tombstonerosetree.com/