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Lantana

I think this is a wonderful and unusual flowering plant that has the ability to change the colour of its petals during the lifetime of the flower and therefore on just one bush you can have a variety of different coloured flowers all at the same time. The flowering season can be very long depending on where you live and also if the temperature does not drop too much during the winter months. Lantana can spread quite a lot, but it can be maintained easily in gardens by pruning, but if they grow in the wild they can grow very large and grazing animals will not eat this plant as it is poisonous to them. When the flowers fade they form fruits which many birds enjoy and in this way the plant can propagate. Butterflies love these plants as well.

 

 

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Uploaded on February 16, 2021
Taken on November 29, 2016