Tropic Pink Bird, also known as Red Sage and Lantana Camara, is a tender perennial native to Central and South America. This variety offers a compact, mounding habit of 12-24" tall and 12-18" wide, with pink and yellow flower clusters blooming from spring to frost. Root hardy in zone 9-10, Lantana grows well as an annual in cold regions, flourishing in full sun with minimal water. Vibrant flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds to sunny landscape borders, mixed containers, hanging baskets, and xeriscapes. Lantana is heat-tolerant, long-blooming, and beautiful in the garden.
Tropic Pink Bird Selling Tips
Sell Tropic Pink Bird to customers looking for a vibrant flower to add to a hanging basket, mixed container, or landscape border. Customers, butterflies, and hummingbirds love Lantana's vibrant colors and long bloom season. This plant offers a mounding habit with elegant flower clusters that flourish in full sun with minimal water or care. Create a charming landscape rife with texture and color by growing Lantana alongside Angelonia, Pentas, and Salvia.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12-18" apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Water once a week or more often in hot weather.
3. Lantana will survive winter as a tender perennial in zone 9-11. Grow it as an annual in cold-weather regions or any zone.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Tropic Pink Bird, plant one rooted plug per 4- or 6-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8-6.2, EC of 1.0-1.2, temperatures of 73-75 daytime and 65-68 nighttime, and light feed (100-150 ppm N). Pinch once at transplant and use paclobutrazol to control growth if needed. Watch for thrips, aphids, whiteflies, leafminers, botrytis, and root rot.
Flowering
Pink and yellow flower clusters bloom from spring to frost.
Pinching
Pinch once at transplant.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
Control growth with a paclobutrazol drench at 1-2 ppm if needed.
Pests
You may see aphids, whiteflies, thrips, and leafminers.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease but botrytis and root rot can develop in cool, wet, humid weather or overly wet conditions. Take preventative measures in your greenhouse and use a fungicide drench at transplant if desired.
1. Water at the base of each plant in the morning, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.
2. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend using horizontal airflow fans.
3. Space containers so each plant has airflow and sunlight penetration to the soil level.
Planting Tropic Pink Bird Liners
We recommend planting one rooted liner per 4- or 6-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot in the center of the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Lantana Tropic Pink Bird Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
5-6 Weeks
Bloom Period
Fall, Spring, Summer
Color
Pink, Yellow
Habit
Mounding
Height
12-24 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
65
Perennial Zone
9-11
Water Needs
Light
Patented Plant
yes
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12-16-2024 (Week 51)
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12-23-2024 (Week 52)
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,600
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
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2,800
06-02-2025 (Week 23)
1,400
06-09-2025 (Week 24)
1,400
06-16-2025 (Week 25)
1,400
06-23-2025 (Week 26)
1,400
06-30-2025 (Week 27)
1,400
07-07-2025 (Week 28)
1,400
07-14-2025 (Week 29)
1,400
07-21-2025 (Week 30)
1,400
07-28-2025 (Week 31)
1,400
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1,400
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1,400
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Tropic Pink Bird, also known as Red Sage and Lantana Camara, is a tender perennial native to Central and South America. This variety offers a compact, mounding habit of 12-24" tall and 12-18" wide, with pink and yellow flower clusters blooming from spring to frost. Root hardy in zone 9-10, Lantana grows well as an annual in cold regions, flourishing in full sun with minimal water. Vibrant flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds to sunny landscape borders, mixed containers, hanging baskets, and xeriscapes. Lantana is heat-tolerant, long-blooming, and beautiful in the garden.
Tropic Pink Bird Selling Tips
Sell Tropic Pink Bird to customers looking for a vibrant flower to add to a hanging basket, mixed container, or landscape border. Customers, butterflies, and hummingbirds love Lantana's vibrant colors and long bloom season. This plant offers a mounding habit with elegant flower clusters that flourish in full sun with minimal water or care. Create a charming landscape rife with texture and color by growing Lantana alongside Angelonia, Pentas, and Salvia.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12-18" apart in well-drained soil in full sun.
2. Water once a week or more often in hot weather.
3. Lantana will survive winter as a tender perennial in zone 9-11. Grow it as an annual in cold-weather regions or any zone.
General Growing Tips For Your Rooted Cutting Liner
For best results with Tropic Pink Bird, plant one rooted plug per 4- or 6-inch container. Use a well-drained soil with a pH of 5.8-6.2, EC of 1.0-1.2, temperatures of 73-75 daytime and 65-68 nighttime, and light feed (100-150 ppm N). Pinch once at transplant and use paclobutrazol to control growth if needed. Watch for thrips, aphids, whiteflies, leafminers, botrytis, and root rot.
Flowering
Pink and yellow flower clusters bloom from spring to frost.
Pinching
Pinch once at transplant.
Spacing
Space containers for adequate airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
Height Control
Control growth with a paclobutrazol drench at 1-2 ppm if needed.
Pests
You may see aphids, whiteflies, thrips, and leafminers.
Disease
This plant isn't prone to disease but botrytis and root rot can develop in cool, wet, humid weather or overly wet conditions. Take preventative measures in your greenhouse and use a fungicide drench at transplant if desired.
1. Water at the base of each plant in the morning, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.
2. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend using horizontal airflow fans.
3. Space containers so each plant has airflow and sunlight penetration to the soil level.
Planting Tropic Pink Bird Liners
We recommend planting one rooted liner per 4- or 6-inch container. Use a well-drained soil and completely bury the ellepot in the center of the container.
Rooted Cuttings
Cuttings vary in size between different plant families. These rooted starter plants will arrive ready to be transplanted in to your final container. If they are to be used in a landscape application, you will need to establish them in a 4 inch pot or an 1801 before planting outside.
Lantana Tropic Pink Bird Quick Reference Guide
4 Inch crop time
5-6 Weeks
Bloom Period
Fall, Spring, Summer
Color
Pink, Yellow
Habit
Mounding
Height
12-24 Inches
Light
Full Sun
Minimum Temp
65
Perennial Zone
9-11
Water Needs
Light
Patented Plant
yes
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