Sunny Lantana

by Sandi OReilly

Title

Sunny Lantana

Artist

Sandi OReilly

Medium

Photograph - Photography, Digial Art

Description

A visit to one of our Greensboro Beautiful gardens called the Arboretum is where I discovered this beautiful Lantana plant in full bloom. It was capturing the sunlight which brought out the shades of yellow in the flower. Taken with a 105mm Nikkor macro lens. I used a painterly technique and a couple of my painted textures with this image.

The Lantana is an excellent low-maintenance plant used as an evergreen shrub where it blooms all year long or as an annual in areas with a killing frost. Flowers come in several colors, including red, yellow, pink, orange, purple and multi-colors. Blooms all season long. Foliage is rough and green with some cultivars having variegated foliage. Very drought tolerant. Plant size ranges 1 to 6 feet tall and about 3 to 10 feet wide, depending on cultivar.

Plant in mass or as a specimen. As an annual, use in a mixed perennial border, as edging, in containers or hanging baskets or in a butterfly garden. When used as a shrub, plant as a hedge or foundation planting. Can also be used along banks. For a unique tropical effect, interplant lantana with 'Chartreuse' sweet potato vine; the hot colors of the blooms blend well with bright lime green foliage of the vine.

Fine Art Floral Photography and Digital Art by Sandi O'Reilly, All Rights Reserved and Copyrighted in the US and Internationally.

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March 10th, 2014

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