Grow them in well-prepared ... Into the shade when it starts to get hot. Pink pentas. When I was a kid down in South Central Texas you either had pentas or you wished that you did.
Another strategy is to use perennials instead where there are many varieties of beautiful, pollinator-friendly plants like Coreopsis, Gaillardia, Salvias, and Pentas that can come back year after ...
Review and follow the label instructions. Plant butterfly milkweed, blue mist flower, Porter weed, blue curl, salvia, ...