How to Use lantana in a Sentence

lantana

noun
  • The lantanas took it on the chin and kept on fighting.
    — Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • If your balcony is hot and sunny all day, that won't phase lantana.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • When other garden plants may wilt in the summer heat, lantana springs into action.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • But lantana can stand up to the sunniest, hottest, driest conditions with ease.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
  • Cold weather will eliminate the blooms of zinnias, porter weed, milkweed and lantana.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Check your state’s invasive plant lists before deciding to use lantana.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 24 May 2021
  • In the couple’s shopping cart were two different yuccas, a sotol and some lantana.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Trained into a tall tree shape, lantana can live a long, pleasant life in a deep pot, with full to partial sun and weekly watering.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
  • There is also an attractive white blooming version of the lavender lantana.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Dubow says that aside from lilies, foxglove, larkspur, lantana, and autumn crocus are among the most dangerous.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
  • The lavender is a different species than New Gold lantana and is more cold tolerant.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Grown as an annual in the Midwest, lantana is a must-have for pollinators.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Among the plants that are blooming now are duranta, cape honeysuckle, Turk’s cap, shrimp plant and lantana.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Phlox, hollyhock, foxglove, lantana, and butterfly bush are all good choices.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2020
  • Cottrill picked out something called a spike plant and a large trailing lantana, with tiny, exquisite clusters of pink and yellow flowers.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 11 July 2024
  • Plus, a lantana garden is butterfly heaven—no flowers do a better job attracting them.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • Although lantana is perennial in warm climates, it is commonly grown as an annual.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2026
  • Shortest of all of them are trailing lavender lantana and its white counterpart called White Lightning.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram.com, 5 July 2017
  • Unfortunately, lace bugs attack lantana this time of the year, and the sucking insects will cause the foliage to turn dusty-gray and the blooming to end.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2018
  • The expectation is that Turks cap, roses, lantana and shrimp plant will mostly recover from the freeze damage.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Conventional lantana colors are oranges, yellows, and rusty reds, but pink is available in this and a few other cultivars.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Narrow walkways wound through gardens planted in Christmas palms, lantana and hibiscus.
    — Freda Moon, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Plant milkweed, porter weed, mist flower, zinnias, salvia, duranta and lantana for late summer butterfly nectar sources.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 July 2019
  • In the nearby greenhouse (about a 10-minute drive away), some of the staffers tend to the flowers—like lantanas and snapdragons—while others work the retail side.
    — Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
  • Lantana horrida is the native Texas lantana that produces orange and yellow blooms on coarse plants that grow to at least 3 feet around and 3 feet tall.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Hummingbirds also visit all kinds of salvia, lantana, petunias, calibrachoa, cannas, bee balm, and more.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
  • Other guides include peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, coleus, lantana and coneflower.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 3 June 2021
  • Some plants are just plain miserable, especially sun-lovers like lantana and geraniums, which may actually be drowned and starved for sunlight.
    — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2019
  • Cosmic Firestorm lantanas deliver year-round color to your yard in red, orange, yellow, and multi-colored options.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The wall surrounding the city today is overrun with an invasive weed from the West Indies known as lantana camara.
    — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019

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