Product Description
Luscious Grape Lantana montevidensis PP19357 (10)ct Quarts
Proven Winners
Continuous bright purple flowers grace extremely tough plants.
Heat and drought tolerant.
Zones: 9a - 11b
Sun
Height: 20 - 30 Inches
Spread: 20 - 30 Inches
Flower Colors: Purple
Flower Shade: Lavender
Foliage Colors: Green
Foliage Shade: Green
Habit: Mounded
Maintenance: Easy
Lantana 'Luscious Grape' is a beautiful and vigorous cultivar prized for its abundant lavender-purple flowers and cascading growth habit. Here is a summary of its key features and growing requirements:
Characteristics:
- Flowers: Produces masses of small, lavender-purple flowers with a white center, creating a lovely, eye-catching display. The blooms are slightly fragrant and appear in clusters from spring until frost.
- Growth Habit: A semi-trailing shrub that typically reaches 10-14 inches tall and spreads 24-36 inches wide. Its cascading growth habit makes it ideal for hanging baskets, containers, or spilling over walls.
- Foliage: Dark green, slightly rough-textured leaves that release a pleasant fragrance when crushed.
- Hardiness: Hardy in USDA zones 9-11. In colder regions, it can be grown as an annual or overwintered indoors.
Cultivation:
- Sunlight: Thrives in full sun (at least 6 hours per day) for optimal flowering.
- Soil: Adaptable to various soil types but prefers well-drained soil.
- Water: Drought-tolerant once established but benefits from occasional watering during prolonged dry spells.
- Pruning: Can be pruned lightly to shape or control its spread. Deadheading spent flowers can also promote continuous blooming.
- Fertilizer: Generally not required, but a light application of balanced fertilizer in spring can be beneficial.
Landscape Uses:
- Hanging Baskets and Containers: Its trailing habit creates a beautiful cascading effect.
- Groundcover: Excellent for covering large areas, suppressing weeds, and preventing erosion.
- Walls and Slopes: Softens the edges of walls and slopes, adding color and texture.
- Butterfly Gardens: Attracts butterflies and other pollinators.
Advantages:
- Abundant Blooms: Produces a profusion of lavender-purple flowers throughout the growing season.
- Heat and Drought Tolerance: Performs well in hot, dry conditions.
- Versatile: Suitable for a variety of landscape applications.
- Low Maintenance: Requires minimal care once established.
- Fragrant Foliage: Adds another sensory dimension to the garden.
- Attracts Pollinators: A valuable addition to butterfly gardens.
Overall, Lantana 'Luscious Grape' is a charming and versatile plant that offers a long season of color and a graceful, cascading habit. Its adaptability to various conditions and low maintenance makes it a popular choice for gardens in warm climates.
Ten (10) plants in quart containers per flat (or tray).
Other Details
The most important part of the plant is its root system. Healthy roots are the foundation of a healthy, vibrant plant. The type of plug container used is based on the specific needs of the plants. Perennials offered as bare root traditionally perform better when planted as bare root.Planted in a specialized mix, potted plants have well established root systems. Top growth stage will vary depending on the current life cycle and time of year when shipped. In Winter and early Spring dormant plants may be shipped. Dormant plants may be planted right away, even before the last frost date.
Most bare root varieties are field grown for at least one season, though Hemerocallis and Hosta are grown for two seasons. The bulk of the soil is removed during the harvesting process and the tops of most varieties are trimmed back to the crown. They are graded, packed in shredded aspen or sphagnum moss and stored in freezers until ready to be shipped.
See our Container Sizes and Bare Root Perennials pages for more information.
Plant information and care is provided in the Overview section, Plant Genus Page and general information is provided in the Planting Care & Guides. Additional questions can be asked on each Plant page.
Plant Spacing: Using the maximum mature spread or width of a plant to guide spacing, ensures space to grow to full size. To fill an area sooner, plant them closer together. Just remember, future thinning or transplanting may be needed.
Water: Keep a close eye on newly planted perennials, especially throughout the first growing year. Most early plant loss is due to too much or too little water!
