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Thu, Aug 30, 12 at 16:09
| I have two different Lantana planted in the same soil, water, and sun conditions. One flowers yellow blossoms and the other a purple/blue blossom. The yellow blossom plants are thriving and the purple are barely hanging in there. In past years, the purple plants have done better and almost as well as the yellow ones but seems to get a little worse off each year? What might be going on and what can I do to help revive and bring to flourish the purple blossom plants? Are they potentially actually different species? Does the one have root problems that develop over years that would prevent it from flourishing the same way?
As well, both yellow and purple blossoming plants seem to be affected by a very small white fly insect. What would be a good non chemical way to bring that insect into control? Joe |
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| Hi Joe and welcome to the gardenweb. I note you are a brand new member. To respond to your post it would help to know where you are gardening, Here in hot and dry northern California, Lantana are one of the most dependable plants. I do plan on replacing both Lantana and Lavender about every five years. The plants get too woody and lack the vitality of younger plants. I have never had a white fly problem in the garden, too hot and dry, I think, as I do occasionally have them in the greenhouse. Al |
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| @calastoga....thank you for the welcome and for your response. I am located in Gilbert, AZ which is just a few miles SE of Phoenix. All the Lantana are going on 12 years old, both the purple flower and the yellow. every couple years I cut back all the branches to within inches of the ground due to frost damage. In the past both yellow and purple responded with beautiful new growth and more blossoms than years I don't prune them back so heavy. I have just noticed that I am able to post pictures here as well. I will try to get a couple pictures to post to show more clearly what I am dealing with. any ideas would be appreciated! |
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