Cultivars
'Chelsea Gem'
This shrub forms a rounded habit and produces white flowers with yellow centres. There may be some scarlet with some centre orange flowers produced.

'Christine'
This plant has a prostrate habit with flowers that have a scarlet centre and orange outer flowers.

'Diadem'
The flowers are cream and pink.

'Drap D'or'
This dwarf plant produces deep golden yellows.

'Gol Gol'
The flowers start as coppery yellow turning coppery red.

'Magenta Queen'
This rounded bushy shrub produces an inflorescence with predominantly scarlet flowers and occasional yellow flowers.

'Snowflake'
It shrub has white with yellow centre flowers.

'Spreading Sunset'
This shrub forms a dense spreading habit with bright golden orange flowers.

'Minnie Basie'
The shrub produces flowers that are mauve to pink and white.

Weed Potential

As a weedLantana is a highly invasive in tropical, sub tropical and warm temperate climates (Zone 9 to12) with moderate rainfall invading habitats including moist woodland, forests, rainforests, gullies, coastal bluffs or dunes and along water courses.

Infestation form dense thickets destroying the natural habitat and changing soil chemistry that reduces vigour of existing trees and shrubs. It also inhibiting the development of native tree or shrub seedlings and prevents ground flora from growing.

Lantana will grow in most well drained fertile moist soils in a shaded to open sunny position. Once established it tolerates dry periods and 1 to 2 year old plants produce thousands of seeds annually. The seeds germinate in open positions during warm moist weather and are dispersed by birds or water and in soil.

Controlmethods include physically digging out seedlings and small plants checking that all the roots and layered stems are removed. Fruiting branches should be bagged and removed off site then destroyed.

Plants or seedlings may be sprayed with a non-selective herbicide during summer while the plant is active. Follow up spray will be required to eradicate accumulated seeds in the soil.

Note
The spraying of chemicals in waterways has to be carried out with minimal contamination of the water. Where possible apply the chemicals by rubbing it on with a mop or brush.
This is a difficult plant to eradicate as the stems are brittle and shoot when they are lying on the ground. Biological control is ineffective and spraying of herbicides has poor results. The plant will re-shoots after fire or being disturbed.

It is controlled by physical removal of the plant and lateral roots or by cutting the stump then painting on glyphosate.
The cultivars of this species rarely become a weed problem.