New Gold Lantana

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. Pruning time: spring.

Plant in mass or highlighted throughout a full sun butterfly garden. Will provide color and coverage on rocky hillsides and is great for conainers or hanging baskets on a patio or deck.

Plant in a mixed border with other butterfly attracting plants like Sage, Yarrow and Maiden Pink . Blue and purple blooming perennials add contrast to a bed or border, as do the purple foliage tropicals of Phormium, Canna and Cordyline . Adds a shock of trailing color in a tropical container garden or hanging basket.

Common spreading Lantana (Lantana camera) is native to Central and South America. It was brought to Australia and the Pacific region as an ornamental plant in the 1840's. French breeders developed the modern forms in the color ranges we know today at the close of the 19th century. Allan Armitage, well known plantsman from the University of Georgia, was the first to detail the benefits of New Gold around 1995. Lantana is considered invasive in many parts of the world where it has naturalized. The leaves are poisonous to animals, but the berries are a delicacy to many bird species. New Gold is a cross between Lantana camera and Lantana montevidensis.