Megan's Gold Lantana

The story begins about a year and a half ago. I was complaining that I couldn't find any plants named Megan. I had found an Azalea and a Streptocarpus that were named Megan, but they were only available for sale in England. I really wanted one of those plants but was not going to pay for a plant and pay for the shipping to get here just for the novelty. So a few weeks later at work a grower came in to harvest seed from a new Lantana shipment that had just come in. I had finished with most of my work and decided to help him harvest the seeds. We got to talking about propagation and growing, then the conversation turned to how you would name a plant. I asked him if he had ever named a plant after someone in particular, and he said "Oh sure, my wife and other family members." I told him my story about wanting to have a plant named after me, or at least with my name. He asked my name and I told him. I hoped for a long time that he would actually do it, but then never heard anything else about it. Then this week at work we had our annual "Annual and Perennial Sales Meeting" and as I was reading over the list I saw the name Megan's Gold Lantana!!!! I thought it was so cool that the bosses had bought in this plant to grow that had my name. I was so happy! These salesmen were from the King's Greenhouse growing range, and so they knew the grower that I had helped and had already gotten the story behind the name. They were the ones who broke the news to me. This plant had actually been name after ME! I am so excited to grow it and see if it is perennial like so many other Lantana's are in this area. So you can be anxiously awaiting my report!