Butterfly Magnets

Lantana is now classified as a weed in Western Australia, however its only Lantan camara that is banned (if you already have it in your garden, your fine, just dont try to sell the stuff), the Creeping Lantana is still available. The way to tell the difference is the Creeping Lantana has thinner stems, tends to scramble along the ground alot more and the flowers are really only available in purple or white. Lantana camara is more upright and shrub like and it comes in colours ranging from yellow, orange, pink, red and is also available in a white. The banning of the camara species came in about 10 or so years ago, which I think is a good idea as it brings us into line with the majority of the rest of the country which has it listed as a weed, but I think they should have banned the creeping lantana as well. Oh well, step in the right direction. On a plus note though, there are a few saving graces to growing creeping lantana. First of all its a very hardy and rewarding plant, it flowers almost constantly and requires little effort when its established other then a good prune every so often. The other really good thing is they attract butterflies like there is no tomorrow!