What it is
Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides) is in the Verbenaceae family. A heat-proof, drought-proof native that blooms orange-and-yellow nonstop and feeds butterflies all summer.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it very low, and give it tolerant soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–8.0. Space plants about 3 ft apart. Expect roughly Blooms first year. Hardy native perennial.
How it's used
Texas Lantana is used: ornamental; pollinator.
🔎 How to identify it
- Rough aromatic leaves
- Orange-to-red flower clusters
- Sprawling woody habit
Not for eating
Grown for the garden, soil, or pollinators — not as food.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.