It’s summer and many people are looking for drought-tolerant, low-maintenance plants that are colorful and versatile. The lantana plant might just the thing. The lantana is a heat-loving, ...

This was my lantana last summer — now it’s black. I was told it was a perennial! The deer didn’t touch it. Yay! It bloomed like crazy into fall. Should I have protected it somehow? Lantana is ...

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, ...

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 ...

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,” ...

If you want to overwinter lantanas like this one, you need to pay attention to several factors. Photo: Getty Images/Grace Cary The lantana (Lantana camara) is a popular perennial bloomer for balconies ...

If only more plants grew as easily as trailing lantana, the world would have more happy gardeners. For months the extra-tough perennial has provided a carpet of lavender blooms in our garden, the ...

Q. I have a question about perennial maintenance. Typically after the first hard frost, I’ll cut hostas, daylilies, clematis, iris and Russian sage off at ground level. This year I purchased ...