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Should plants grow larger than desired, pentas are very tolerant of pruning. Simply cut the plants back as needed to control their size. (Pentas root easily from cuttings, ...

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.

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.

Nothing catches the eye in a garden quite like a bright red flower, for humans and hummingbirds alike. And while perennials ...

Pentas bloom all summer in various shades of red, white, purple, pink and candy stripe. They are easy to establish and easy to grow. Plant them right now in well-drained, well-prepared soil.

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Butterfly pentas grow up to 24 inches tall and about 18 inches wide. The name "penta" comes from the Latin and means five, since each small flower has five petals.

Nova pentas, a 1999 Georgia Gold Medal Winner, is a vigorous variety that can grow up to 3 feet tall. The AgCenter describes it as a perennial if planted in the “warmer regions” of Zone 9.

The pentas is a 2-foot to 3-foot tall, ever-blooming shrub from the Middle East and Africa. Its clusters of tubular flowers, ... Plant To Ponder: Pentas. Charles Reynolds The Ledger.

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.