Pentas in your landscape, whether planted in beds or patio containers, will soon have it buzzing with activity for your enjoyment. Can be annuals or perennials Most pentas can be grown anywhere as ...

When grown as perennials, pentas thrive in zones 10 and 11 and will bloom on new growth all year long. Outside those areas they can be grown as annuals. Pentas, ...

Pentas prefer full to partial sun -- about 4 to 8 hours of direct sun during a day. ... You could also mix them with Profusion zinnias, lantanas, coreopsis, perennial verbena, ...

Pentas, like vinca, are tender perennials. Pentas, however, are more likely to survive the winter.

Propagate pentas with warm-season cuttings. Colorful ground cover and filler plant From Java and India comes marble leaf, a 12-to-18-inch-tall mounding plant that sports dark-green foliage ...

Among our most ubiquitous and beloved perennials is pentas (P. lanceolata), a bushy, ever-blooming plant that thrives in sun or light shade. Native to Arabia and Africa, pentas plants range from 1 ...

These are the times that try a gardener’s soul. The late summer weather depletes even the most dedicated among us, and few plants will appreciate getting a new home in ...

Reserve a spot in the patio container for these nonstop, tender perennials, too. Pentas tolerate sun to bright shade and are best in an organically enriched, well-draining soil. June 30, 2007 ...

Pentas will last throughout the year. Pentas lanceolata, commonly known as penta or star flower, is a perennial flower that can grow into a 3 to 4 ft. shrub, lasting years in the garden.

The pentas fulfills all those preferences but the fragrance. Planted in loamy, moderately moist soil, a small one-gallon potted plant will turn into a compact, bloom-covered shrub in a single summer.

Among the perennials we grow are many that can bloom throughout the year if winters are mild. I once had a red-flowered pentas that bloomed every day for several years. So let's start with pentas ...