Put the pot in bright shade for 6 to 8 weeks, by which time the pentas cutting should have rooted. Pentas require very little in the way of care and are susceptible to few pests and diseases.

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.

This pot uses just one big plant -- a pink Dragon Wing begonia. One-Dish Meal. ... Three more good “cools” are evolvulus (blue), dwarf pink pentas, and purple or tricolor sage.

Among the best summer flowers are pentas plants, or Pentas lanceolata, charming shrubs with clusters of blooms that often grow in pink, red and white. They're native to tropical climates ...

Pentas flower almost year round, and thrive in full sun or part shade. ... They form neat, tidy mounds about 30-60cm tall, and are lovely in pots and garden beds.

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 decorated with a broad yellow center.

If you have gardening questions, you can speak to a master gardener from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Duval extension office at (904) 255-7450.

Pentas are known to be great hummingbird and butterfly plants. What transpired in our trial, however, was most unusual. We were looking at about a dozen varieties, some old, some very new at the time.

Sunstar is the name of a new series of pentas debuting this spring and it is an understatement to say they are taking the world by storm. ... HOME-GARDEN. Pentas a feast for the eyes, pollinators.

It seems to be a banner year for butterflies in the south. While the big Monarch migration hasn’t hit, everything else appears to be high. I’m not sure if there ...

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 ...