Plant transplants about 12-16 inches apart in a well-prepared, raised landscape bed. Fertilize at planting with a slow-release fertilizer. They do not need constant irrigation.

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.

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.

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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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Q. We have an 8-by-8-foot area planted with big red pentas. They eventually became woody and we replaced them with dwarf pentas, but now they are dying. We want something for this area that will no… ...