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Texas Lantana is one of my favorite flowers. I like the small yellow/orange/red blooms. These really stand out in the brush and get your attention. The native Texas butterflies absolutely love these shrubs. I have a mid sized one in my back yard and when its in peak bloom it is just covered in butterflies.

When Lantana flowers bloom, they bloom from the center as yellow flowers, and once they are fertilized, they emit a chemical signal to pollinators to leave the inner flowers alone, and they undergo a color change to a orange, then to a red color and move from the inside ‘ring’ to the outside of the bunch.

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

🎶 In them old cotton fields back home 🎶