What Is Lantana Used For. 12052020 In all locations lantana benefits from light applications of fertilizer. It is applied as a poultice on rheumatic joints.
Traditionally crushed lantana leaves were used as a topical treatment to help heal snakebites. Paula author from The Midwest USA on May 17 2018. Use fertilizer labeled slow release.
Give a heavy rejuvenation pruning in spring down to 6-8 tall.
Lantana benefits from deadheading spent blooms and also from light shearing to keep the plant bushy and blooming. Lantana Camara is a flowering shrub. Use spreading types as a quick-growing groundcover and for erosion control. Feral animals such as cats pigs rabbits foxes and wild dogs have all been shown to take cover in lantana thickets.