Lantana

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Lantana is a perennial plant. Under natural conditions, this plant can be found in the tropics of America and Africa.

As for the choice of optimal soils, you will need a nutrient soil that is breathable and constantly kept moist. However, the soil should not be overly damp. Depending on the quality of the soil, lantana will need to be fertilized either every two weeks or every four weeks.

Reproduction of lantana

Reproduction of this plant can occur both through seeds and by cuttings. Sowing lantana seeds should be done between January and March. To do this, you need to place the seeds in a box, which will contain a loose substrate. It should be remembered that lantana is a very thermophilic plant, for this reason, a room should be found for seedlings that will not only be well lit, but also maintain an air temperature of up to twenty degrees in it. The first shoots will appear after two weeks. When the height of the seedlings is already ten centimeters, it will be necessary to dive the plants into separate containers, as well as begin a gradual decrease in the temperature regime.

With regard to propagation by cuttings, these measures should be taken around February or in the month of March. The apical cuttings should be cut into those plants that have survived the winter. It is noteworthy that the cuttings should be cut to about ten centimeters in length. Such lantana cuttings should be rooted in pots, the soil in which will be both loose and rather moist. In order to get a very neat plant, you will need to regularly pinch this plant.

It should be noted that this plant is quite often susceptible to fungal diseases: for example, spotting, rust, and leaf wilting also quite often occurs. In order to avoid the appearance of such diseases, it will be necessary to provide the conditions necessary for growing this plant. However, in the event that the plant is already sick, it is recommended to immediately process the lanthanum with special preparations. Most often, a plant is damaged by a pest such as a whitefly. However, from time to time, lantana can also be affected by aphids, mealybugs and spider mites.

In total, there are about one hundred and fifty different species of lantana. It is noteworthy that all flowers have very pleasant and quite rich aromas. Throughout the flowering period, the lantana bush is abundantly covered with amazingly beautiful flowers, which are endowed with a variety of colors. Flowers can be white and yellow, pink and red. It is noteworthy that not only the colors are distinguished by their special beauty, but also the forms of this plant. In addition, during flowering, the color of the lantana flowers will change. For decorative purposes, not many species of this plant are grown. It should be noted that lantana is not only an amazingly beautiful plant, but also extremely poisonous. The fruits of this plant are poisonous.

Description of some types of lantana

Lantana camara is endowed with an abundance of inflorescences of various colors. The stems of this plant are thorny, and the leaves are painted in dark green tones, the shape of the leaves is very similar to the leaves of nettle. The inflorescences will be spherical, and they can even reach five centimeters in diameter. The flowering of lantana camara begins in the month of May and continues until the month of August.

Lantana Montevideo blooms from June to November, and the flowers of this plant will be quite small, but the flowers are also painted in different tones.