Lantana camara Shamrock Peach - West Indian Lantana

Lantana camara Shamrock™ 'Peach' is part of a line of naturally compact Lantanas, forming a very flowery mound in summer. This one produces many small umbels of flowers in warm tones, quickly changing from yellow to orange and then to pink. These qualities make it an excellent plant for border ornamentation, pots, and even hanging baskets. The bush blooms tirelessly all summer, on beautiful dark green fragrant foliage, much to the delight of butterflies. A tender plant, Lantana camara is most often grown as an annual outside of regions spared from heavy frosts. In the ground, it withstands summer drought well.

Lantana Shamrock 'Peach' is a small shrub in the Verbenaceae family related to Verbenas. The origins of its wild parent, Lantana camara, also known as common Lantana or wild sage, are found in a vast area including Mexico, Central America, the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, Colombia, and Venezuela. It has naturalized in many subtropical regions where it is considered invasive. It has given rise to numerous cultivars, including sterile hybrids that do not produce seeds. These plants therefore devote all their energy to blooming tirelessly, without the possibility of escaping into nature. Not demanding in terms of soil, water-efficient, extremely floriferous, lantana has only one flaw: its lack of hardiness, down to about -6°/-7°C for short periods.

Lantana Shamrock™ 'Peach' is a fast-growing, well-branched shrub that reaches approximately 35cm in all directions in one season. Its quadrangular section branches bear a few hooked spines and tough, 4 to 6cm long leaves, rough and aromatic when crushed, with finely toothed margins. They are strongly veined, dark green in colour, and theoretically persist in winter if there is no frost. Its particularly abundant flowering extends from July to October. At the axils of the leaves, clusters of rounded flowers, 4 to 5cm in diameter, bloom. The small tubular-based flowers change color over time, creating an interesting gradient on the scale of the cluster.

Lantana Shamrock 'Peach' likes sheltered, warm, and very sunny locations, it can survive the winter outside in mild climates. Elsewhere, it is an excellent terrace plant that should be stored in a cold or temperate greenhouse, protected from heavy frosts, during winter. While it can make a spectacle on its own, this Lantana pairs well with the blue or white flowers of 'Blue Note' or 'Gletsjer or Glacier' salvias, with lavenders, vervain, and catnip. It is also a very good plant for a low-water garden when winters are mild.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14°C for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.