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Help me ID these flowers

post #1 of 7
Thread Starter 

I think the are beautiful and want some!!!

the tri colored ones in pink, coral and yellow in the back.

We went to a local park this weekend and I am in love with these.   I did not see them planted in the ground, only pots.  

 

Anyone know what they are called?!

 

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post #2 of 7

I believe those are called lantana. smile.gif

post #3 of 7

Yes - Lantana.  Fast growing, heat tolerant. The berries will give humans some serious indigestion.

 

In your climate, they are annuals because they can't survive freezing weather. You might get them through the winter if you have a sunny window and they are in pots.

post #4 of 7

the perennial kind (at least where i live) that looks like those colors is lantana,  the variety is "missus huff's" or something like that.. only heard the name, not seen it spelled anywhere.

it will freeze in our zone (not super cold temps though) and it will come back. 

post #5 of 7
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Well, I found a plant on clearance at Menards.  It looked sickly, but I nursed it back to health in a pot on sunny front porch.   It's beautiful!!  

 

So do you think it will survive the Chicago winter if I bring it inside and put it near my front windows for the winter?

post #6 of 7

It should!  Remember, it's not going to look fantastically awesome indoors unless you've got a huge, steamy, picture window, but it should survive.  I'm in Michigan and had one survive last year just from heavy mulching.  I don't recommend that though, it was a fluke.  :)  So pretty though!

post #7 of 7

the perennial one i spoke of goes completely dormant in the winter so it doesn't have to go in a sunny window or anything.  it just looks like a bunch of dead sticks. 

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