Growing Lantanas in Your Houston, Texas Garden

If you are looking for a beautiful, hardy flower for your Houston, Texas garden, you may want to try planting Lantanas. They flower in pink, purple, magenta, yellow and multicolor, and withstand heat, humidity and cold. Butterflies love Lantanas, and many varieties bloom year round. Lantanas are good for groundcover, mixed borders, or to use as an accent plant in your Houston, Texas garden. If you think you might like to plant Lantanas in your Houston, Texas garden, try some of the varieties below.

Confetti. The multicolored flowers of this Lantana will add striking color to your Houston, Texas garden, blooming in pink, purple and yellow from April through November. Plant this Lantana in full sun in either the spring or the summer, and it will grow as tall as three feet and spread as many as eight! This flower loves the Houston, Texas weather, and it is disease resistant, drought tolerant, and in general hard to kill. Butterflies also love it.

Irene. Another multicolored bloomer, this Lantana will bring yellow, red and pink flowers to your Houston, Texas garden. It has berries that will bring birds to your garden, as well as the butterflies that are attracted to its flowers. Plant it in full sun in your Houston, Texas garden in the spring or the summer. It will bloom from spring through the first frost, and is a good choice for groundcover or to use as an accent plant (like Confetti above, it will spread up to eight feet.) These Lantanas are disease resistant, drought tolerant, and survive the Houston, Texas winter without any problems.

Dallas Red. The bright red, orange and yellow blooms of this Lantana flower will attract both hummingbirds and butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden. It is drought tolerant, deer resistant, and can take the cold down to 20 degrees (unlikely in Houston, Texas.) This Lantana looks great in rock gardens or mixed borders, and also does very well in containers. Plant it in full sun in the spring or fall in your Houston, Texas garden, and it will grow to be about four feet tall, and bloom from spring through the first frost.

Lavender Popcorn (also known as Fruity Pebbles). The beautiful lavender flowers of this Lantana are followed by very pretty lavender fruit. (The name Fruity Pebbles stems from the scent of this Lantana.) Plant it in full to partial sun in your Houston, Texas garden, where it will bloom from summer through the fall. Butterflies love this hard to kill flower, which is disease resistant, drought tolerant, and can take cold temperatures down to 35 degrees. Even if it dies back during the winter it will come back strong in the spring, and frequently reseeds itself as well. These Lantanas are perfect to use as groundcover or as an accent plant in your Houston, Texas garden.

New Gold. This easy to grow Lantana does best when planted in full sun in your Houston, Texas garden, where it will bloom with gold flowers from spring until the first frost. It is deer resistant and drought tolerant, and is a great choice for rock gardens or as groundcover. These Lantanas will attract hummingbirds and butterflies to your Houston, Texas garden.

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