They are an annual here. I have not known it to go past frost in our area. I have seen it make it through in zone 8 (Georgia), but not here.

Lantana has always been an anuual for me. It is a great annual for our hot & humid summers.

Hi,

I tried Lantana Mozelle (smaller version of Miss Huff) and 75% of it came back this year. I put it by my house foundation which came back first, in pots on my steps, and my brick walk. I had two in pots on my front steps and one of them came back.

The trick seems to be to wait and know what to look for. It does not show up again till late April. Even then it maybe just one little leaf attached to lots of dead sticks. I was also told not to cut it back till it starts growing again. Even now in late May some are pretty big and a few are just a few leafs.

They do grow quite rapidly.

If you paid as much for it as you would a decorative annual, it is well worth the price; butterfles love them, and they will bloom all summer, just like an annual would.

If you paid what you would for a true perennial shrub, I'd take it back and find a nursery that sells them in smaller pots. They grow quite quickly--why go to all that extra work and expense?

Maybe some of the other posters would be willing to give more detail in just what they did in the way of winter protection to help their plants return--any special way of mulching, or special kind of mulch?

I would love to be able to get one to return here in Pennsylvania. I tried years ago--covered it deeply with mulch in a Southern exposure...no luck at all. It was beautiful while it lasted. :o(

In some places where they do winter over, they are now considered invasive, but non seeding varieties have been developed.