Plectranthus, Lantana (sale!) and Crepe Myrtles

16 years ago

Hi! I always say I'm not going to do this, then I go and do it anyway. I bought a plant on impulse. BAD GARDENER, yes, I know. But they were so pretty ... isn't that always the case?

So I bought two Plectranthus hybrida, "Mona Lavender." I put them in my mostly-shady bed, where I usually grow caladiums, columbine, begonias and balsam. It's acidic, sandy soil that I've amended with compost and cypress mulch. It's facing west but it gets protection from a massive oak tree and part of the house. Think these plants will be happy there? Has anyone propagated them before? I thought I might take some cuttings to overwinter, since it doesn't look like they're usually perennial in this part of the country (DFW.)

Ok, second question! Are your lantanas normally perennial or annual? They were on clearance at Calloway's today - $.50 for the little four inch pots! Sorry, I bought all the confetti. But there's plenty of New Gold left. But they were listed as annuals! I trust you guys more than the little tags on the plants, though ... What's your take on it?

Ok, last question. In the same bed as the plectrnthus are two very unhappy crepe myrtles. Don't blame me, I wasn't ignorant enough to put them in nearly full shade! They were here when I bought the house. The poor things are about ten feet tall but very scraggly; they're never been happy there, and no wonder! I was wondering if it was possible at this point to move them, since they're so big. And if so, what's the best way?

Ok guys, thanks so much!

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missinformation
16 years ago
Lantana is a tough annual/wimpy perennial. My smaller ones have always come back, but I had a huge healthy new gold out front that died in a mild winter. It's hit and miss, so they're sold as annuals.

We moved a huge crepe myrtle last year. It was not fun, but the tree lived.
sylviatexas1
16 years ago
I'd wait til the first hard frost to be sure the crepes are well & truly dormant, but I've heard that they survive transplant very well.

I don't know about lantana;
I've managed to kill even the native purple kind, but there're a couple of truly huge pink-&-yellow (confetti?) in my area that return every spring stronger than ever.
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cynthianovak
16 years ago
Mona Lavendar roots easily from cuttings. Have you ever rooted coleus? It is a rather slow grower. You might want to dig them up and bring them in. They are a lovely houseplant for a few months.

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dee2000_tx7
16 years ago
I always thought the pink & yellow lantana was a wild, native variety because I've seen them so often on public roads & streets that weren't likely landscaped. But that doesn't prove anything.:) I brought one large one from my late mom's property 10 yrs ago which has grown into 3 scraggly plants due to shade. But I've never lost a lantana to the cold here in my part of DFW. The new gold & several orange & red ones come back every year & bloom 90% of the time. Love my lantanas.....except for the trailing one. LOL.
west_texas_peg
16 years ago
I have 4 of the horrida lantana, 3 New Gold, Miss Huff, Dallas Red Lantana, 2 Silver Mound and 2 trailing Lavender Lantana. They are all troopers and return each spring, some of the horrida have been in the yard for heavens knows how long. Lost one New Gold when it was just a year old...think DH trimmed it back too far. I must admit I killed one of the pink/yellow lantana...was not familiar with its needs... overwatered it to death right after we moved here.

I have to find new homes for 2 of the horrida next spring, both have outgrown their spots in the garden. One is over 14 feet in diameter, the other one would be about that if I didn't keep trimming it off of the walk! The New Golds are trying to keep up, one has eaten the Climbing Don Juan and another is about to cover up a Flame Acanthus so they must be moved next spring, too.

We added Miss Huff, Lucky Peach, Lucky Yellow, and a White this Mother's Day. Next year we will have a very large bed with nothing but lantana and a couple of crepe myrtles. We will be dodging hummers for sure!

Peggy
dee2000_tx7
16 years ago
OMG! You do love your lantana! LOL! What color is the Horrida?
fool4flowers
16 years ago
I have my Mona lavendar in a bed similar to what you described. My friend gave me 6 tiny rooted cuttings about 3 or 4 months ago and they have taken over my whole bed. They are beautiful but I had no idea they would grow so large, lol. I trimmed it back and stuck the cuttings in a pot with potting soil and kept it moist and in part shade with morning sun and all are rooting well. You will love it. It blooms nonstop for me and the foliage is really pretty too.
mommyfox
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16 years ago
fool4flowers, with your cuttings, did your friend root leaf-and-stem cutting, just the leaf or a part leaf? (I've heard a lot of different techniques!) Did you need to keep them covered with saran wrap while they rooted? Any special fertilizers, like rooting hormone?
west_texas_peg
16 years ago
dee2000_tx7

We are hot n dry; Lantana doesn't care, gives lots of blooms and just keeps on spreading!

The horrida is yellow and orange. I have some the birds planted that I need to remove from one of my flowerbeds. Mailed 4 for postage recently but found 2 more this week. Mockingbirds love their seeds.

Peggy
cynthianovak
16 years ago
fool4flowers
how much sun and fertilizer do yours get?

I have some ML that get afternoon sun and they have really been happy and bloomed.

Those that get only a little sun have not grown much at all. I rooted lots of cuttings early spring and put them in the shady bed. They flower and the foliage is lovely but they are only a few inches tall after 4 months.

The shady bed has azaleas and was fertilized with acidic fertilizer for them. I wonder if that made a difference. OR if it's the shade.
ML is supposed to like a wide variety of ph levels.

thank you
cynthia

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