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Luscious® Marmalade Lantana camara

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
2'6" 2'6" 76cm 76cm
Height: 20" - 2'6"
Spread: 20" - 2'6"
Height: 51cm - 76cm
Spread: 51cm - 76cm
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  • Details

    20 - 30 Inches
    18 - 24 Inches
    20 - 30 Inches
    51cm - 76cm
    46cm - 61cm
    51cm - 76cm

    Features

    Bright orange flowers grace extremely tough plants.  They are heat and drought tolerant, wonderful summer plants. The plant is certified sterile by the University of Florida so it won't be inasive in warm winter climates.

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    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies
    Hummingbirds

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    20 - 30 Inches 51cm - 76cm
    Spacing: 
    18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm
    Spread: 
    20 - 30 Inches 51cm - 76cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Orange
    Flower Colors: 
    Yellow
    Flower Shade: 
    orange with yellow highlights
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Dark green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Great in landscapes and large containers.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    If you are looking for a tough plant it's hard to beat lantana. Lantana are heat tolerant, use little to no supplemental water in the landscape, will tolerate less than ideal soils and usually don't need to be deadheaded. If you are looking for a plant that will thrive on neglect, lantana is the champ. Lantana come in many shapes, sizes and habits. Check size and habit information for the specific variety you are choosing to make sure it fits your needs. Lantana can be trimmed back at anytime to shape or to promote increased branching.

    In many parts of the US and Canada lantana function as an annual. In reality they are a tender perennial, in warm winter climates they become flowering shrubs.

    If you live in an area where Lantana is perennial they are essentially trouble free, they can be pruned at any time of year and usually benefit with a harder shape-up pruning in early spring after last frost date. Midsummer fertilization can help overcome any slow down in growth during the dog days of summer and help bring even more flowers.

    According to the Humane Society of America Lantana leaves can be toxic to pets. This means that the plants are generally identified as having the capability for producing a toxic reaction.

    Unlike most lantana, Luscious Marmalade has been certified sterile by the University of Florida.  No seed means it won't go out of flower in the heat of summer.

    An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

    Luscious® Marmalade Lantana camara 'G12166' USPP 27,378, Can 5,390
  • 6 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • Bought 3 of these plants, one in April the other 2 in May. The April plant is already closing in on 12 inches in height and is mounding very well. The other 2 are catching up at about 6 inches in height. This is the truest orange color I have ever seen on an annual. As the flowers age they go from a bright orange to a deeper color but remain orange throughout. I am pleasantly surprised by the sheer numbers of flowers and clusters or orange all over. These guys are tough as nails too. While I regularly water and fertilize, they remain stout while callies and alyssum wilt a bit should I miss a watering night. Also they are virtually maintenance free, as the spent flowers fall off automatically. This certainly is one of my most favorite plants and will seek them out until PW no longer offers.

      Matthew Lamb
      , Maryland
      , United States
      , 8 years ago
    • Very,Very nice and espectacular plant. Don´t need nothing, only sun and some whater. In Mallorca (Mediterranean Sea) is perennial. Every year is necessary to cut branches. My English is very bad! Excusme

      montse massot
      , Spain
      , 9 years ago
    • We sold,it in the garden center this spring and customers loved it. I planted 4 in MY front garden and they are doing great! ONE plant left to sell tomorrow 7/18 our last day in the greenhouse till Sept 1, :)

      Round Tree Farm and Greenhouse
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
    • We sold,it in the garden center this spring and customers loved it. I planted 4 in MY front garden and they are doing great! ONE plant left to sell tomorrow 7/18 our last day in the greenhouse till Sept 1, :)

      Round Tree Farm and Greenhouse
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
    • We sold,it in the garden center this spring and customers loved it. I planted 4 in MY front garden and they are doing great! ONE plant left to sell tomorrow 7/18 our last day in the greenhouse till Sept 1, :)

      Round Tree Farm and Greenhouse
      , New Jersey
      , United States
      , 9 years ago
  • 13 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2023 Top Performer Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2021 Consumer Top Picks University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale
    2021 Perfect Score Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens
    2021 Top Performer University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    2021 Top Performer - Hanging Basket University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids
    2021 Top Performer Michigan State University
    2021 Director's Select Penn State University
    2021 Top Performer - Perennial Mississippi State University - Crystal Springs
    2021 Top Performer University of Delaware
    2021 Leaders of the Pack Beds North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum
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