Lantana camara 'Hybrida' Medicinal the tannin-rich root long gathered

the tannin-rich root long gathered as an astringent

so 'Woodland Ruby' takes more light than the shade-bound Florida anise as long as the roots stay moist

holding their color and structure through the year

and the yellow berries make a memorable change in a holiday arrangement

ages to dusky rose

Lantana camara 'Hybrida' Medicinal the tannin-rich root long gatheredFew tender shrubs work as hard for as long as the lantanas, and Lantana camara 'Hybrida' distills the whole genus down to a single clear note of yellow. The species belongs to the verbena family, Verbenaceae, and hails from the West Indies and the warm reaches of Mexico south through tropical America, where the plant scrambles along roadsides and clearings in a haze of nectar and butterflies. The genus name is a borrowed one: Renaissance botanists