CHUXAY GARDEN 5 Seeds Lantana Urticoides Seed,Texas Lantana,Calico Bush, West Indian Shrubverbena Large Bushy Ornamental Flowering Plant Showy Display

Spectacular even in the worst heat of the summer, Lantana urticoides (Texas Lantana) is a spreading deciduous shrub forming a large bushy mound of broadly ovate,rough to the touch,toothed leaves, 2 in. long (5 cm). Blooming over a long season extending from mid-spring to fall, the shrub is literally covered with colorful tubular flowers held in dense, rounded clusters. Their color turns from yellow to orange to red as they mature. The blossoms attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. They are followed by round, fleshy, deep purple-black berries which are poisonous to most mammals (and humans) but are relished by birds. Texas Lantana is deciduous, dropping its leaves in the winter and exposing its stems of light gray, flaking bark. The wrinkled leaves are aromatic (pungent scent) when bruised. Texas Lantana is a tough, resilient plant valued for its long blooming season and its resistance to drought, heat, deer, and salt. It is a fine choice as a shrubby ground cover in dry, poor soil.