tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160133909281610797.post874550918128582075..comments2023-09-04T01:51:31.480-07:00Comments on The Wonder, the Weeds and the Why in an Austin garden: LantanaCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996577857663087997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160133909281610797.post-24843430515204390672010-06-28T07:57:28.870-07:002010-06-28T07:57:28.870-07:00I think you have to be patient. You are so good a...I think you have to be patient. You are so good about planting plants that are "wee things" and watching them grow, rather than (as some of us lazier gardeners do) buying larger more extravagant plants from the nursery. <br /><br />Lantana does like to grow here. I think I saw a poem somewhere that was comparing Texas women (and I think by extension Canadian women) to Lantana as they were strong in adversity, that they endure drought well. Their roots go down deep to get at residual wetness. And they are lovely as well as strong. <br /><br />Your Lantana will grow, just like the ones in my yard grew when I took an old overgrown purple lantana that was crowding out some salvia and split it up last year. The cuttings seemed pretty pathetic and droopy last season, but I have noticed they are doing much better this summer. <br /><br />Hang in there girl.Heather A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03380839240214242504noreply@blogger.com