This vigorous shrub forms a low spreading rounded habit with prickly branched stems. It has dark green aromatic ovate leaves with a rough texture and the small trumpet-shaped flowers are white, pink and mauve and appear from spring to autumn.

Hardiness zones 9 to 12

Lantana camarais naturally found from central and southern America growing in the understory of forests commonly along river banks.

It prefers a well drained organic rich moist sandy to caly loam that is tending acidic and grows in a protected semi shaded to sunny position and is drought and frost tolerant.

Lantana is grown for its vigorous bushy habit and is used for hedging or as a filler plant in coastal garden. It is also used as a spill-over above retaining walls or on embankments. It is suitable for coastal regions and establishes in 1 to 2 years but the species is not normally planted as it is weedy. The sterile cultivars are cultivated in small gardens or commercial sites and are easy controlled. ID 19

Note:
The species is a common bushland weed covering over 4 million hectares in Australia.

Lantana(lăn-TAH-na) camara(ka-MAH-ra)

"Lantana" is derived from its resemblance to Viburnum lantana; "camara" is the Latinate West Indian name for the plant.

Verbenaceae (ver-be-NAY-see-ee)
Teaks, Verbenas