While in Arizona I saw a plant called lantana that is a perennial. Can it grow in Florida in a shady site? – J.S., Tamarac A. Lantana grows here, but it needs full sun and dry conditions to do well.

I apologize if I led you down the wrong garden path last year, telling you that Chapel Hill lantana is reliably cold hardy in our Zone 7 area. It’s what the grower Monrovia said in its initial ...

This Gardening News column is from the online archives of The Star of North Augusta, a collection of more than 25,000 articles published from October 2007 to February 2022. Well, is Lantana camara or ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The lantana ...

I was thinking of planting some lantana, but read somewhere that they are invasive. Is that true? Many species, including the common Lantana camara, are highly invasive, so care should be taken when ...

A: If you are willing to make a little trip you can visit the nursery where the first perennial lantana was introduced. Rick Berry and Marc Richardson, founders of Goodness Grows Nursery in Lexington, ...

Q: What’s a good substitute for my often-buggy 'New Gold’ lantana? It’s near Mexican firebush and 'Goldsturm’ rudbeckia. — K.B., Houston A: One option is long-flowering perennial bulbine, available in ...

Every longtime gardener has a list of tough flowering perennials they consult when they need a dependable plant. My criteria for selecting the plants on this list are simple: They must be “tough,” ...