Shrub · Deer-resistant
Texas Lantana
Lantana urticoides
Also called: Calico Bush, West Indian Shrubverbena
The true native lantana, with orange-and-yellow clusters that never stop through summer heat. A butterfly buffet that asks for nothing but sun.
Growing & care
Cut to the ground after frost; it returns fast in spring. More heat and drought tolerant than the nursery hybrids. Full sun is essential.
Bloom season
In bloom: Apr–Oct · Colors: orange, yellow, red
Where to buy
Look for texas lantana (Lantana urticoides) at: native Texas nurseries, Prairie Moon Nursery.
Sources
Range, nomenclature, and the USDA symbol above come from the federal plant record for this species. Check it yourself:
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Plant it with
Natives that pair with texas lantana
Same conditions, same uses — species that share texas lantana's growing requirements and belong in the same bed.
Crossvine
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A vigorous semi-evergreen climber that covers a fence or arbor in orange-red trumpets in early spring — timed for the first returning hummingbirds.
Yaupon Holly
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An adaptable evergreen holly that takes sun or deep shade, wet or dry, and covers itself in translucent red berries that hold all winter for the birds.
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Grown for its show-stopping clusters of electric-purple berries in fall — a feast for mockingbirds and dozens of other birds — on a graceful arching shrub..
Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
An extravagant, fringed purple flower unlike anything else native, followed by egg-sized edible fruit.
Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea
An easy reseeding sage that blooms scarlet from spring to frost, even in part shade — one of the few hummingbird plants that flowers reliably out of full sun..
Standing Cypress
Ipomopsis rubra
A tall biennial spike of fiery red tubular flowers that hummingbirds chase up and down.