How Do You Care For The Lantana Lavender Trailing Plant?
Lantana montevidensis is a plant commonly known as trailing lantana, weeping lantana, creeping lantana, purple lantana or trailing shrub verbena. Native to South America, the tropical shrub has a trailing habit and is grown and propagated for use as an ornamental flowering perennial. It has small bright lavender-blue flowers and grows up to 24 inches in height with a reach of up to 5 feet. Lavender lantana blooms year-round in frost-free climates and is used as a low hedging, edging and ground cover and thrives in both sun and shade, but blooms more profusely in sunny locales. In climates where the plant tops die back, it begins blooming again in mid-summer. It is low-maintenance in care and feeding and requires pruning only to control shape and size as desired. It is hardy in USDA hardiness zones 8a through 11. Optimize soil conditions for your lantana.Till up the soil when planting to encourage quick root penetration into the soil. Plant lantantas at least 8 to 10 inches apart to all
