Had wonderful flower bloom on my lantanas last year but although the foliage looks healthy now in mid June, I notice no buds so far.
Any one no if this is normal for Lantanas growing in central Maryland? Thanks for your help!

Usually they flower all summer for me.

lantana at Lowe's were blooming this week... some plants on the clearance shelf didn't have blooms but looked as if they had previously bloomed and were getting ready to bloom again soon. I bought 3 $1 plants that were producing buds.

Most lantanas avail here in mid atlantic zone 7 are grown in a greenhouse or controlled environment and their blooming is not indicative of when a lantana planted in the ground here will bloom (if indeed it survives the winter being hardy thru Zone 8 and marginal in Zone 7)
The controlled environment as outlined below takes 6-8 weeks of consistant temps :

"Grow plants at 70°F-80°F during the day and 60°F -70°F at night .
70° to 80°F (21° to 26°C) day and 65° to 70°F (18° to 21°C) night are ideal. Lantanas grow best at warm temperatures throughout production. Avoid overly cold and wet growing conditions, especially during dark and cloudy weather, which can cause fungal root rot, slow growth, and small flowers."

I certainly haven't had those temps yet this season except for a few days but no consistancy....

From the greenhouse/nursery I worked for locally who planted their excess lantana stock on the grounds, I'd say mid July was when we started seeing blooms (and bees and butterflies!!!)

And, by the way, the lantana we grew were ever so more fragrant than any I am seeing now.

I am just now finding a few buds.
I bought lantana baskets on sale and over wintered in basement. I divided in spring and planted some in ground some in a pot. Several took a long time to look happy but doing well now.

couple of mine are blooming now- they are the ones in a pot so they are hotter than the ones in the ground.

On the Hill they have beautiful lantana at the Capitol South Metro Station, and very tall sunflowers, not blooming yet. I also see Gazing star lilies blooming there, and corn bearing very young corn--It is on the grounds of the House of Representatives. The Library of Congress Victory gardens have all kinds of vegetables ready to harvest, I remember seeing Swiss chard, lots and lots of green onions, and others that I do not remember. One of the beds is completely empty, it has been harvested and not yet replanted with something else. This is the one near the Capitol South Metro Station. The other one is near the Folger Library Building. I seldom walk that far----now.

Ha, found this thread while looking for whether I can overwinter my lantana and if there's a best way.
I bought a small one this spring and it took time to get going, but now is full of really pink bloom.

A neighbor used to grow them in a bag of potting mix with an X cut into one side for the plant. He'd sort of hide the bag under mulch, and it would grow and bloom like crazy. In fall, he stacked the bags in his garage and did nothing to them until the weather warmed up the following spring, when he put them outside and watered them.

I planted a 4" nursery pot of a pink and yellow lantana in a friend's garden over a wall where the soil was soft and fluffy - great drainage and sun. Last year when I did this, I sowed sweet alyssum 'Magic Circle' around it and throughout that area. The blooms were glorious, the alyssum perfumed the area, and no critters bothered the plants - except, one by one on some mornings, the purple alyssums would disappear until only white alyssum remained. What might have done that? not a problem as I was so thrilled to actually have flowers and fragrance in that garden - but what pest goes after purple?

This year, I did not sow the alyssum and seedlings disappeared, except for one in the crack of masonry below between the bottom of the masonry and a paver - it's thriving and bushy with white fragrant flowers.

As for growing the same lantana in that garden again this year, but across an aisle further back from the wall and with same great conditions of sun and drainage, only one or two blooms appeared on the lantana this year.

Perhaps a clue might appear if I describe the general behavior of this garden, but I'll stop here and keep the topic on this lantana.

On another note, regarding Lantana montevidensis, a trailing, purple lantana species, I'd just like to mention a few years long ago in my own garden, when we planted it in a partly shaded clearing. It and a few of its rooted cuttings grew to entirely fill the 15'x15'? space and I loved its delicate tracery over the flag stones, while being such a tuffy at the same time. But it's not called the Pole Cat Lantana for nothing - the stench was too fascinating to be noxious, and when I began pulling it that fall, a vulture flew above while I yanked, and then another vulture until a parade of vultures was streaming overhead and it went on peripatetically for days. That has got to be one of the most impressive bird/plant relationships I have ever witnessed at home.

I'm from the other website, but haven't posted here before - thank you for keeping a Mid Atlantic forum going.

karen

Karen, it's good to see you here!!!

Shaking my head at the "parade" of buzzards attracted (?) by the scent of that lantana! I've never heard of that species of Lantana, but you know I love purple, so now I'll be on the lookout for it.

Jill, I couldn't resist chiming in on this one, but did not emphasize enough its relevance to this thread. For me, this flower not only can bloom all summer, but it also often blooms in spite of many kinds of adversity that might clobber most other flowers.

Looks like possible frost tonight and tomorrow night - pretty walking weather

Frost warnings were a swing & a miss, here. I brought a small lantana inside, because it ONLY started blooming a week ago! I wonder if it will keep blooming inside?

@Critterologist, wish I had replied sooner - lots of things not going according to plan - life, I guess. Anyhoo - I'm curious and would love to know what you did for the lantana and how the lantana fared.

As a side note, the interplay between tender perennials and varying microclimates around our gardens can yield surprisingly positive results. Who knew how much wiggle room controlling wind and drainage could provide?

If I can ever reconstruct the damage done by a recent triple whammy of contractor, tree fall and mischievous trespassor(s), I'd love to make a hedge of that hardier Arp rosemary over the front edge of a newly 'repaired' and extended wall behind our house with rooted cuttings of one plant. Just a dream, though - the contractor place 12-18" shelf of concrete ~2" below grade behind the new concrete (yuck) wall. I'd have to acquire my own personal jackhammer.

Perhaps I should start a new thread on this year's exploits in overcoming garden adversities? Would anyone else find the subject useful?

Problems and solutions are always good discussion fodder! You could start a new thread or post on the "yardening" thread here.

My lantana didn't keep blooming through the winter, but it's still around. I didn't water it much inside, and it didn't grow, but it survived as this little green plant.

I wouldn't worry about the concrete shelf, just plant in front of it. A happy 'Arp' can get 2-3' wide. It'll love the heat sink of the wall, and I don't think any alkaline stuff leaching from the concrete will bother it a bit.

I've never had much luck with rosemary cuttings, but I haven't tried "hard" either. I have heard that a bubbler setup works. A friend's brother did a bunch of different cuttings with a sort of mist hydroponic thing where the tops stayed dry and the stripped bottom of the cuttings stayed misted.

Here's the "yardening" thread: The thread "Yardening in the Mid-Atlantic" in Mid Atlantic Gardening forum

Hey Karen - good to 'see' you!!! I'm waiting for an order to arrive of hardy Lantana (1 'Miss Huff and 1 'Mozelle')...didn't even know that was a thing. Guess the proof will be next spring/summer...although as you mentioned our microclimates have a play in that as well so I'm thinking it'll do just fine.