White Lightnin'® Trailing Lantana
Lantana sellowiana 'Monma'
Profusion of pure white flowers cover this widely spreading groundcover year round! Good bank cover, erosion control. Tolerates heat and drought. Effective cascading over raised beds, hanging baskets. Evergreen in frost-free climates.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | lan-TAY-na se-lo-ee-AH-na |
| Key feature: | Erosion Control |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Shrub |
| Garden style: | Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 9 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 8 - 10, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 8 to 12 in. tall, 3 to 6 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special feature: | Attracts Butterflies |
| Landscape uses: | Erosion Control, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Continuously in frost-free areas |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 5703 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 5 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
Very resilient in extreme heat, particularly reflected heat off driveways or street paving. A natural for filling sunny banks and slopes. Plant in flower and shrub beds, raised planters, along fence lines and foundations, and in parkways. Put them in pots for powerful color on a deck or patio with brightly blooming annual flowers.
Companion Plants
White lantana is one of the few of its kind suited to traditional cool colored compositions with perennials such as Midknight Blue Agapanthus, (Agapanthus x 'Monmid'), Flower Carpet Coral Groundcover Rose, (Rosa x 'Noala'), Provance French Lavender, (Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence') and Walter Lane-Leaf Coreopsis, (Coreopsis lanceolata 'Walter').
History
This hybrid was developed and introduced by Monrovia in 1990. It is derived from the trailing species, L. sellowiana, which is native to much of South America and has naturalized throughout the southern United States. It is most prevalent in southern California. This species is considered synonymous with L. montevidensis.
Lore
Lantanas are valuable butterfly nectar plants and are equally appealing to hummingbirds.
Profusion of pure white flowers cover this widely spreading groundcover year round! Good bank cover, erosion control. Tolerates heat and drought. Effective cascading over raised beds, hanging baskets. Evergreen in frost-free climates.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 5 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Pruning time: spring.
Design Ideas
Very resilient in extreme heat, particularly reflected heat off driveways or street paving. A natural for filling sunny banks and slopes. Plant in flower and shrub beds, raised planters, along fence lines and foundations, and in parkways. Put them in pots for powerful color on a deck or patio with brightly blooming annual flowers.
Companion Plants
White lantana is one of the few of its kind suited to traditional cool colored compositions with perennials such as Midknight Blue Agapanthus, (Agapanthus x 'Monmid'), Flower Carpet Coral Groundcover Rose, (Rosa x 'Noala'), Provance French Lavender, (Lavandula x intermedia 'Provence') and Walter Lane-Leaf Coreopsis, (Coreopsis lanceolata 'Walter').
History
This hybrid was developed and introduced by Monrovia in 1990. It is derived from the trailing species, L. sellowiana, which is native to much of South America and has naturalized throughout the southern United States. It is most prevalent in southern California. This species is considered synonymous with L. montevidensis.
Lore
Lantanas are valuable butterfly nectar plants and are equally appealing to hummingbirds.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | lan-TAY-na se-lo-ee-AH-na |
| Key feature: | Erosion Control |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Shrub |
| Garden style: | Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 9 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 8 - 10, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 8 to 12 in. tall, 3 to 6 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special feature: | Attracts Butterflies |
| Landscape uses: | Erosion Control, Firescaping/Fire Wise |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Continuously in frost-free areas |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 5703 |
