Pentas prefer full to partial sun -- about 4 to 8 hours of direct sun during a day. Plant transplants about 12-16 inches apart in a well-prepared, raised landscape bed. Fertilize at planting with ...

It should be safe to plant tender bedding plants now such as marigolds, zinnias, blue daze, pentas, celosia, salvia, portulaca, purslane, lantana and others. Try to wait until the weather ...

Pentas plants, or Pentas lanceolata, can become leggy if you don't stay on top of pruning. You'll know it's time to cut these plants back when a few of the branches are taller than the rest of the ...

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 ...

Pentas (Penta lanceolate) can add year-round color and texture to any landscape. If you enjoy watching butterflies, this semi-tropical plant is one of their nectar-rich favorites. The bright red ...

For an easy sturdy planting for summer, try a grouping of Pentas lanceolata or star clusters. This plant is extremely heat tolerant and will take living in pots with weekly watering.

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about container gardens and care of crape myrtles, blue daze plants, trimming palms, ...

Though pentas plants are natural hummingbird magnets, there are a few things you can do to boost their appeal. First, choose the right color. Pentas blossoms tend to come in red, white, yellow ...

Pentas are such agreeable summer bloomers. The rounded clusters of tiny, star-shaped flowers look fresh, no matter the heat. Not only do they brighten the garden, butterflies love them. Nursery ...

Question. We have lots of butterflies and would like to attract hummingbirds to our landscape. What flowers should we plant? Answer. Butterflies seem to flitter everywhere but hummingbirds appear m… ...

If you prefer your Pentas to watching the life cycle of these cats, slip on your garden gloves and manually remove the caterpillars. Drop them into a bucket of soapy water. (When you see them ...