Lantana

I was picking out flowers for my deck boxes, and the nice lady at the nursery suggested Lantana, saying it was an old-timey flower. I had never tried growing it before, and frankly wasn't too impressed at the time by it's small sized blossoms.

But I am amazed to watch it go through its different stages of bloom. The tiny green berries burst forth, becoming a perfectly symmetrical group of little bow ties, then each bow tie opens up into a tiny bloom. The overall cluster of blossoms measures about 1-1/2 inches.