Lantana Flowers In Pots Container Garden

How to grow lantana in containers plant lantana in a container with a drainage hole in the bottom using a lightweight commercial potting mix.

Lantana flowers in pots container garden. Depending on the region and type grown lantana plants can be treated as annuals or perennials. A container garden may be the only option for thriving flowers in a coastal community where soil may be scarce or non existent. Choose flowers that tolerate salt spray and wind like blanket flower lantana rugosa rose or portulaca. The flowering plants will look great all the season and don t require much maintenance.

Upright fuschia white pink or red impatiens vinca minor and lobelia. Lantana camara is an upright cultivar that grows from 12 to 18 inches tall. Pastel shades of pink violet and peach come together in this elegant container garden meant for dappled shade. Place the container in a location where the lantana plants are exposed to bright sunlight.

This series shares the various fragrant plants and flowers i have in my courtyard container garden. Lantanas also make a great choice for those wishing to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. Trailing varieties can even be grown in hanging baskets. If it doesn t have drainage holes plant in plastic pots and place the pots inside the container.

This planting grows best in partial shade. Trailing lantana lantana montevidensis grows 1 to 2 feet in length and works well at the container edge to overhang it. With fantastic foliage you don t even need flowers in a container for gardening. As an evergreen in mild or mediterranean locations lantana grows as a shrub a groundcover or trailing perennial.

In a pot trailing lantana cascades softly over the edge adding a graceful touch. Grow lantana flowers in the garden or in containers. Certain varieties have blooms that create an ombre effect lightening or darkening from the outside in. Read the full post at an oregon cottage.

Coleus solenostemon wizard jade 3. Coleus solenostemon dress me up 3. Use whatever strikes your fancy as a container. Include garden art in your containers or groupings.

Add a handful of sand vermiculite or perlite to enhance drainage. Look for plants that have colorful foliage such as the coleus used here. Loved by butterflies lantana produces multicolored flowers in festive shades of red orange yellow pink and white. This is the third plant in my fragrant plant series.