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Lantana - all about care

  • Beautiful varieties
  • The site
  • The plant substrate
  • The plants
  • The casting
  • The fertilizer
  • The cut
  • The wintering
  • The multiplication
  • Diseases / pests
  • Conclusion

Lantans are beautiful flowering plants. They come in different colors and even multi-colored varieties, or varieties, which change the colors, whence they have their name. High trunks are particularly popular, the crown cut as a ball.

Before you grow a Lantana, you should be aware that the whole plant is poisonous . The symptoms of poisoning are similar to those of the belladonna. There are different breeding forms in the trade. All are not hardy, can not survive outdoors. Otherwise they are easy to care for. The only difficulty is the hibernation.

Beautiful varieties

Lantana is available in a variety of colors. It is of course a matter of taste, for which color combination you decide. Actually, they are all beautiful. The plants work individually, but when you plant several of them together, the luminosity of the colors is greater. The flowers of the Bandana series are considered the largest. They are at least two-colored.

  • Arlequin - dark pink with yellow
  • Bandana Orange Sunrise - orange with yellow
  • Bandana Pink - light pink with white
  • Bandana Rose - strong pink with white
  • Calippo Tutti Frutti - orange, yellow, purple, pink
  • Esperanta Compact Red - red-yellow
  • Fabiola - salmon pink with yellow
  • Lantropics Yellow Cream - cream yellow
  • Lucky TM Pot of Gold - dark yellow
  • Lucky TM Yellow Improved - light yellow
  • Professor Raoux - scarlet with orange
  • Schloss Ortenburg - brick red with salmon and yellow
  • Snow White - white
  • Tropic Cocomilk - white with yellow
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The site

Lantana likes it warm and sunny. So their favorite is a sunny place. If the penumbra is bright enough, they can handle it. Too little sun has an influence on the flower abundance. Ideal is a protected from rain location. There they feel very well. As a pure house plant the lantana is unsuitable. Once the temperature drops below 10 ° C, the plant must be allowed.

  • Sunny and warm, preferably under a roof board
  • If possible rain protected
  • Not too dark

The plant substrate

Like many flowering plants, the Lantana likes nutrient-rich soil. In addition, it should be loose and permeable, so that waterlogging is avoided. It is important that the pH is correct. It must not be calcareous, ie alkaline. Cheap is neutral earth, but acid is synonymous.

  • Nutrient-containing, permeable and non-calcareous
  • It needs to be permeable but can store nutrients and water

The plants

When planting, it should be noted that the vessel is large and stable enough. So that excess water can drain without any problems, drainage must be installed in the bottom of the pot. Well suited gravel, old potsherds, pebbles or similar materials.

The lantana is repotted when the planter is well rooted. This is usually to be recognized by the fact that the plant rises from the top of the vessel or the roots grow out of the vent hole. It uses only a little larger vessel, so that the plant is not only busy rooting, but also has power for the flowers. When repotting should of course not be injured Wuzeln.

  • Large enough but not too big and stable
  • Drainage in the bottom of the pot
  • Repot when roots are growing out of vent hole or the plant is lifting up from the vessel

Tip: Since lanterns like a uniform water supply, a planter with irrigation system is favorable. Once they have grown, which takes about 6 weeks, they provide themselves with the needed water and the reservoir needs to be refilled only once a week to once a month, depending on the size of the vessel and the rest of the planting.

The casting

When pouring it is important that the water is not calcareous. Rainwater is well suited. In addition, the plants do not like it when it is poured irregularly, that is, when the soil dries out and then everything is wet again. Regular watering is required so that the soil is always slightly damp. Waterlogging is essential to avoid. Therefore, it is better not to use coasters or planters, or to control them about 15 minutes after watering and tipping away existing water.

  • Use lime-free, ie soft water
  • Water regularly, keep the soil slightly damp evenly
  • No waterlogging

The fertilizer

As mentioned before, lemons need plenty of nutrients. That's why you have to fertilize. It starts when the lanterns are cut back after wintering and start the new season. Initially, it is enough to fertilize once a month. As soon as the first blooms show up, it is increased to twice a month. When fertilizer is to ensure that not too much nitrogen is included, this promotes the growth of length and the leaf shoot. For the flowers more phosphorus is recommended. Fertilize again monthly from September and completely stop giving in winter.

  • After overwintering with fertilizer, start monthly
  • From the appearance of the flower buds fortnightly
  • From September - monthly
  • Do not fertilize in winter
  • Do not over-fertilize !!

The cut

After hibernation, the plants sometimes look rather disheveled. A cut can do all sorts of things. Above all, high-stems, which are to carry a bullet, must now be cut. Lantans get along well with the cut, even with a strong. The effect is usually favorable, since the plants bloom exclusively on the young shoots, not or hardly to the old. It is possible to cut by feeling which shape and size should be achieved. For cutting, it is recommended to wear gloves, the plants contain toxins .

Anyone who takes the trouble to cut off blooms, can look forward to new flower buds throughout the season and thus extend the flowering season.

  • After hibernation cut, depending on size and shape cut vigorously
  • wear gloves
  • Cut off blooms to promote flowering

Anyone who wants to raise a high stem can do so by suitable cutting measures.

The wintering

Lantana does not like frost. Therefore, they must be given in time in the fall. You need a suitable winter quarters. This should not be too warm and not too cold. Ideal are temperatures around 10 ° C and lots of light. Ideal is a cool conservatory. Even a cold house, which is kept stable at these temperatures, is well suited. Light is important, but the plant does a little less at these temperatures. When warming in a heated room, it must be very bright. Here a plant lamp can be beneficial.

  • Ideal hibernation temperatures - around 10 ° C, while sufficiently bright
  • In warm wintering a lot of light
  • No temperatures below 8 ° C
  • The cooler the temperatures, the less water
  • Do not fertilize

If you do not like both methods, the lantana can also hibernate in the basement without light. That is not ideal. The plants quickly shed their leaves without light. Being an evergreen plant means stress. When the leaves are gone, the watering is almost stopped and the plant is left to rest until the end of January, beginning of February. Then it should be brighter and warmer. Also, it can be poured slowly again.

  • Basement - not ideal
  • Only until the end of January / beginning of February, then again into the light and warmer

Since the conditions for hibernation are rarely ideal, problems must be expected. The plants are weakened. Often, pests get involved. Therefore, it is important to regularly control the plants for infestation. In addition, fungal infection threatens. Again, control helps. The sooner the pests or diseases are discovered, the sooner something can be done against them.

  • Check for pest infestation and signs of disease
  • Immediately take countermeasures

The multiplication

In a warm and humid environment, the Lantana tends to proliferate and is therefore listed as an invasive plant in some countries. There is no danger in our Central European climate. Here, the plants are propagated by cuttings or by sowing. When sowing, however, you will not get consistent in color and shape offspring, in the cuttings propagation already.

cuttings

  • Cutting cuttings in the spring, separating them from the leaves
  • Alternatively, in August, they are raised over the winter and then bloom the next year
  • Leaves up to 3 or 4 and remove all flower buds
  • Either put the cutlery in a glass of water or put it in a sand-peat mix
  • For planted specimens, put a plastic bag over the container
  • Water a little bit, just keep it moist
  • Warm and bright, but not in the sun

sowing

  • Remove the pericarp and place on potting soil, cover lightly with soil
  • Cover vessel with glass or foil, but air daily
  • Keep slightly damp
  • It may take up to 6 weeks for the seeds to rise
  • Pikieren when 3 to 4 leaves have formed
  • After the icy sacred or, if the plants have reached a height of about 10 cm, they can go outside

Diseases / pests

Diseases
Lantans are actually very robust. What they are worried about is too much moisture. If cooler temperatures are added, that's not good. The earth must always first dry above ground before being poured again. It's best to do the finger test. If the roots rot, it may help repot and keep drier. If the decay is already too advanced, the plant is usually beyond saving.

  • Rotting by wetness

pests

aphids

In the case of the pests, it is mainly white flies that cause the plants and especially during wintering. Aphids also appear every now and then, not only during wintering. In low humidity must be expected with spider mites. Although it also weakens the plants, a systemic agent is often the best solution. It is absorbed by the plants and the insects sucking the vegetable juice absorb the poison and die. Home remedies help with low infestation, so if this is detected in time. Then you should spray the plants immediately with a water-soap solution . Yellow sheets help against the white fly. Alternatively, parasitic wasps can be used, but this depends on the neighborhood. Nobody wants to have it in the living room.

Conclusion

Lantans are wonderful flowering plants. The entire summer they delight us with their abundance of flowers and many varieties also with the "changing" of the flower color. The care is easy if you have a good location and a suitable substrate. It has to be watered and fertilized regularly. Lantans are easily disposed of in late autumn, usually after the first frost has defeated their beauty. But it's not difficult to overwinter. The attempt is worth it. In spring, the plants should be cut properly. You have to get used to the sun slowly. Then the new season starts and many flowers are guaranteed.

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