While in Arizona I saw a plant called lantana that is a perennial. Can it grow in Florida in a shady site? – J.S., Tamarac A. Lantana grows here, but it needs full sun and dry conditions to do well.

I apologize if I led you down the wrong garden path last year, telling you that Chapel Hill lantana is reliably cold hardy in our Zone 7 area. It’s what the grower Monrovia said in its initial ...

Q: I have four perennial lantana plants. Do I cut the plants down to the ground or do I leave the plants with limbs on? F. M. Long, e-mail A: The topic is highly debated among garden experts, but I ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...

Two people deadheading various flowers in a garden - Annie Otzen/Getty Images You've probably heard that you should think twice before pruning your garden in the summer heat. This is good advice, as ...