Common lantana
Lantana camara L.
Also called common lantana, lantana.
Heat-loving shrub with multicoloured flower clusters, widely sold as a butterfly plant. Its bird-dispersed fruit invades natural areas in Florida and hybridizes with native lantanas.
Listed as invasive in FL. The planner flags it (OL-INVASIVE) for sites in those jurisdictions. Details and sources.
Size over time
Typical landscape size 0.9–1.8 m (3–6 ft) tall and 1.2–2.4 m (4–8 ft) wide; fast growth, about 4 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the #3 install size.
Bloom
Orange and yellow flowers, Apr–Nov (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).
| Plant | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common lantana : Apr–Nov |
Design notes
- Listed as a Category I invasive in Florida; use firebush (Hamelia patens) there.
- Unripe berries and leaves are toxic to people, pets and livestock.
- In the Southwest it is a common, low-water summer bloomer; cut back in late winter.
Regions
Native range: Tropical Central and South America.
Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.
Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.
Related plants
Plan with Common lantana
Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.