Ann's Air Gardens

It started with one AeroGarden Mini and now we have six Deluxes, my own Micro-Mini and a porch full of my other inventions.

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Lovely Lantana

Another weed I'm learning to love is that member of the Verbenaceae family that my brother calls the "bow tie flower" and is also known as Ham and Eggs plant and Spanish Flag.

100 Worst Weeds

I started with Lantana Camara, whose "umbels" as the blossoms are called (my brother calls them "bow-tie flowers") are prolific, long lasting, and turn into amazing berries that are toxic when green, and look something like mullberries  when ripe:

Detail of a partially formed Lantana berry:  LantanaBerries

    LantanaFlowers

My first soft stem lantana cuttings were put in water to root in July and this is how my clones look in September:

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My Lantana Experiment

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