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Article: GARDENING : FLOWER-RICH WONDER MAKING TRACKS IN VALLEY.(L.A. LIFE)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- June 1, 1996
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Byline: Joshua Siskin
One of the horticultural marvels of the San Fernando Valley is located at the intersection of Chandler Boulevard and Hollywood Way in Burbank. Stand there and look east or west. Along the railroad tracks, you will see a brilliant flowering shrub, mostly orange at first glance but also endowed with a good measure of yellow. ``Is this real?'' you'll want to know.
This horticultural wonder of the Valley world is Lantana Camara. Although it's a plant that some people avoid because of its strong musky odor, disdained by others as a quickly growing amorphous woody beast, and maligned for being too common, lantana remains a glorious plant ...