Lantana Flower Deadheading

Though there are 150 different species those most widely available to home gardeners are lantana camara and modern hybrids.

Lantana flower deadheading. How to deadhead lantana. The lantana plant is a bright colorful floral shrub that grows best in warm sunny climates. Deadheading lantana plants during the blooming period can help make way for new flowers.

As a result you might be able to squeeze in an extra flowering session before the winter sets in and the cold weather arrives. Also known as spanish flag lantana thrives in hot. The flowers attract butterflies hummingbirds and insect pollinators.

But if all your blooms have faded and the fall frost is still far away you can take measures beyond simply removing spent blooms on lantana plants. If you want to prune your lantanas trim their stems and remove damaged areas before their growing season in the spring. A member of the verbena family it is native to tropical regions of the americas and south africa.

They also make excellent bedding and border plants as well as. Not all lantanas produce berries as many of the newer hybrids are sterile. If i had only one or two lantana or if i had more time i d probably deadhead them though.

Deadheading also prevents the plant from forming berries. If you re growing perennial lantana after it goes dormant in fall or early winter make sure to wait until spring when new leaves are beginning to emerge. By deadheading your lantana during the flowering season you extend its blooming time.

Pruning is optional with lantana plants though it helps them grow full luscious flowers and look their best. The berries on a lantana lantana spp black and about 1 6 of an inch across are the fruits of the plant. The many varieties of shrubs in the lantana genus otherwise known as shrub verbena make good ground cover.