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    Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

    Also Known As

    • Lantana 'Miss Huff'
    • Miss Huff Hardy Lantana

    Plant type

    shrub, perennial, groundcover

    size

    • H: 2'-3'
    • W: 5'-10'

    planting zones

    • 7b-12

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    Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' plant details

    Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' is a broadleaf deciduous, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial groundcover shrub with green foliage. In fall and summer orange, pink and yellow flowers emerge followed by blue fruit. Attracts bees, beneficial insects, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant, seaside / salt tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

    Plant type: perennial groundcover shrub
    Plant family: verbenaceae
    Foliage: deciduous, evergreen or semi-evergreen green
    Mature size: 5 FT - 10 FT - wide, 2 FT - 3 FT - tall
    Flowers: orange, pink and yellow blooms in fall and summer
    Uses: container plant, easy-to-grow, floriferous, fragrant foliage, long-blooming, toxic

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

    USDA Zones: 7b - 12
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
    Watering frequency: regular
    Resistant to: deer, heat, seaside / salt and verticillium wilt
    Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    In all but tropical climates Miss Huff is a dieback shrubby perennial that emerges in late spring with a mass of woody semi upright stems to 3’ tall and at least that wide. Summer and fall are celebrated with lively clusters of bright tri-color flowers of orange, yellow and rose non stop. Hummer and butterfly magnet! Drought tolerant, deer/critter resistant, sun loving; also gorgeous spilling from a pot. One of the hardiest Lantana. Do NOT cut back until spring.

    By: Secret Garden Growers

    Georgia gardener Miss Huff discovered this fantastic lantana and passed it along! Oceans of hot pink, orange and yellow flowers bloom continuously from early summer to frost attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. This free-flowering wonder dominates the landscape; tall and amazingly hardy, great with salvia 'Henry Duelberg'. Poisonous.

    By: Select Seeds

    Butterflies and hummingbirds are ecstatically happy in gardens that include Lantana 'Miss Huff', with her orange-yellow-pink, verbena-like blossoms. An old selection that originated in the Georgia garden of .... Miss Huff herself, this die-back perennial emerges in spring and forms clumps to 3 ft tall x up to 10 ft wide (though easily contained in smaller spaces), flowering early and continuing until frost. Needs full sun, good drainage and regular summer water. Frost hardy to 5 °F, upper USDA zone 7. Said to be deer resistant.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    The hardiest Lantana on the market, Miss Huff thumbs her nose at cold weather all the way to zone 7! A wonderfully free flowering Lantana whose clusters of flowers open yellow, fade to orange, coral, and finally pink and are born from summer to frost. An excellent choice for butterflies! Miss Huff Lantana comes highly recommended by plantsman Greg Grant and is also a 2003 Georgia Gold Medal winner. Lantana are only second to Porterweed in our garden for theirability to attract butterflies! Lantana are loaded with flower power and normally flower continuously from late spring to frost. This durable and reliable perennial is moderately drought tolerant, deer resistant, salt tolerant, and is generally pest free. For the best results provide your Lantana with an average to well draining soil with average moisture in an area that gets 6 hours or more of sun per day. They can be cut back to near ground level in winter.

    By: Almost Eden

    Gardening facts about Lantana camara 'Miss Huff' plant

    How to Grow Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly sun

    • Water Needs

      • regular

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    • Special Situation

      • heat tolerant
      • seaside / salt tolerant
      • verticillium wilt resistant

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • pink
      • orange
      • yellow

    • Wildlife

      • beneficial insects
      • bees
      • butterflies
      • hummingbirds
      • deer resistant

    • Fruit

      • blue

    • Flower Season

      • fall
      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen
      • deciduous
      • semi-evergreen

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