This Spring Down Under has seen some of my best blooms for a while, as my winter brought more than it’s usual share of rainfall and we’ve had very little in extreme weather so far. Perfect growing conditions! 😉
The lantana are outdoing themselves and a tiny, cute but uninvited guest seems to appreciate them as much as me.
A lantana flower is fairly small, considering it is really a bunch of 30-40 flowerettes. Each flowerette is a little trumpet shape with a cone around 5mm ( <1/4 in) in diameter. The white sphere she is carrying on her back is her egg sac which will soon release hundreds of nearly microscopic off-spring. Very few will survive to maturity – which i think is a pity. But Mother Nature knows best! 😉
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One of my other lantana showing off to the max this year. 🙂
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Cee’s Flower of the Day – November 21, 2018 – Dahlia
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I miss my lantana. Love it and it grows into tree size here, but unfortunately my dogs loved it as well and it is very poisonous, so when I saw them eating it…especially the berries, I had to pull it all up. Still have a bit outside my wall. So…enjoyed yours.
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Sorry to hear about the dogs – and your lantana, but you’re right they are a big pest here and we spend over $100 million annually trying to keep the darn stuff under control. ( Don’t tell anyone i’ve got 3!) 🙂
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Love your white moss roses and your cave of blood. All of your pics are great!
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Ahhhh – you found the ‘Gallery’ then? 😉
Thank you very kindly! 🙂 I think i’m getting the hang of it, slowly! 🙂
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Buon mercoledì 🙂
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Grazie con gioia 🙂
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Love lantana, but around here, they are annuals. they cannot survive our harsh winters. That spider looks like a ghost!
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Or maybe she just saw one?? 😉
Lantanas here are next to impossible to kill!
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The huge bunch of oranges ones are so pretty! Love the spider, too. 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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She is an itsy bitsy visitor, 😀
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