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mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:22 PM Jun 2020

Summer Solstice

This afternoon from the balcony

Lantana on the balcony

As evening falls

And one last view of the watercolor sky

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Summer Solstice (Original Post) mnhtnbb Jun 2020 OP

Beautiful! mike_c Jun 2020 #1

It's so hot on the balcony in the summer mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #2

I've never seen lantana. I don't think it grows here in chilly Zone 4, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #3

Mine is in pots, as annuals. mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #5

This is what it looks like in the ground mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #6

Now I totally want some. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #7

I ordered mine this year from mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #8

Just lovely! Thanks. RestoreAmerica2020 Jun 2020 #4

Thank you! mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #15

Well done. I like your balcony and the view. And of course your pictures ... flamin lib Jun 2020 #9

It needs sun, which on my east facing balcony mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #12

Absolutely stunning view you've got there - love the cloud color. Talitha Jun 2020 #10

It is a terrific view. mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #13

Gorgeous! SheltieLover Jun 2020 #11

Glad you enjoyed it! mnhtnbb Jun 2020 #14

mike_c

(36,281 posts)

1. Beautiful!

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:27 PM

Jun 2020

We have lantana too.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

2. It's so hot on the balcony in the summer

Reply to mike_c (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:31 PM

Jun 2020

that lantana is about the only thing that will last all summer!

The heat pump for the apartment is out there, and boy does it blow hot air when it's on!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,692 posts)

3. I've never seen lantana. I don't think it grows here in chilly Zone 4,

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:31 PM

Jun 2020

but if it did I'd definitely want some.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

5. Mine is in pots, as annuals.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:47 PM

Jun 2020

It's too cold here for it to survive as a perennial.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

6. This is what it looks like in the ground

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:53 PM

Jun 2020

Shot in Charleston, SC in May 2013

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,692 posts)

7. Now I totally want some.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:55 PM

Jun 2020

I don't think I've ever seen it at a garden center, though, even to grow in a pot. Will have to look again.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

8. I ordered mine this year from

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:58 PM

Jun 2020

White Flower Farm in CT. Didn't want to browse the garden centers in my mask looking for it.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,435 posts)

4. Just lovely! Thanks.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:44 PM

Jun 2020

Paz

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

15. Thank you!

Reply to RestoreAmerica2020 (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 08:11 AM

Jun 2020

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

9. Well done. I like your balcony and the view. And of course your pictures ...

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 09:35 PM

Jun 2020

I think I'll put some Lantana in the back yard. It dies back to the roots in winter but comes back every spring. Butterflies love it.

mnhtnbb

(31,388 posts)

12. It needs sun, which on my east facing balcony

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #9)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 08:08 AM

Jun 2020

it gets until around noon in the summer. It gets very hot out there--into the 90's-- much of July and August. Had lantana out there last year and it did well all through the summer.

Talitha

(6,589 posts)

10. Absolutely stunning view you've got there - love the cloud color.

Reply to mnhtnbb (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 10:23 PM

Jun 2020

And the first Lantana photo - it looks surreal, like one of the alien plants in the Avatar movie, you know what I mean? I never saw one before - very unique.