Lantana Camara, Pinkmound, West Indian Lantana

Max Height: 1-2m Spread: 1-2m

Origin: Tropical South America Family: Verbenaceae

Common Name: Lantana Flower Colour: Pink

Drought Tolerance: Low Salinity Tolerance: Medium

Sun Tolerance: High Wind Tolerance: Medium

Water Requirement: Low PH Level: Basic

Pest Tolerance: High Disease Tolerance: Medium

Growth Rate: Fast Fragrance: Yes

30-40cm

Lantana Camara, often prickly-stemmed shrubs with ovate, finely wrinkled, slightly toothed, deep green leaves, 5-10cm long. Flowerheads, 2.5-5cm across, in colours ranging from white to yellow and salmon-pink to red or purple, are borne from late spring to late autumn. ‘Cream Carpet’ is low and spreading, with creamy white flowers; Height 30cm, Spread 75cm. ‘Fabiola’ bears bicoloured, salmon-pink and yellow flowers. ‘Feston Rose’ has bicoloured, pink and yellow flowers. ‘Goldmine’ or ‘Mine d’ Or’ produces golden yellow flowers. ‘Radiation’ bears bicoloured, orange and red flowers. ‘Schloss Ortenburg’ bears bicoloured, brick-red and orange-yellow flowers. ‘Snow White’ bears white flowers. ‘Spreading Sunset’ produces orange-yellow flowers that take on reddish pink tints with age. f. varia, syn. L. aculeata f. varia, bears yellow flowers turning purple on the outside, orange inside.

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