Texas Lantana

Texas Lantana

Another pretty flowering plant that can withstand the high Texas summer heat is the lovely flowering bush of lantana. Nearly everywhere you go you see it and it comes in a variety of colors. I have both yellow and a pretty rose pink in my garden. 

This year's new plant

Once they are established, like a lot of plants, it takes a good year for this, they then fade away in the winter only to sprout up again bigger and better the next year. They do well in the sun with little water , which is always a good thing as our lakes are fast drying up and water restrictions are happening all over the place. One of the lakes to the west of the metroplex is already 17 feet below what it should be for this time of year.

If everyone grew more lantana instead of green fertile lawn grass that needs a lot of water, we could save a lot more water.

The bugs don't eat it or chew it and so it is really easy to grow.Even the dreaded grasshoppers left it alone.

Only one problem that I know of- it stinks if you brush past the leaves, kind of like cat's pee, maybe that's why the bugs leave it alone!!