Pentas (Pentas lanceolata) — annual flower.
Pentas (Pentas lanceolata) – annual flower. Pentas forms clusters of star-shaped flowers that attract butterflies and bees, resistant to scorching heat.
Benefits
- Abundant flowering all season long
- Ideal for pots, planters and borders
Seasonal care
- Spring: Start of the growing season: apply a suitable fertiliser and provide full sun.
- Summer: Water consistently, without excess.
- Autumn: Autumn is a good time for planting; gradually reduce watering.
- Winter: Frost-sensitive (down to about 2°C) – overwinter it in a bright, cool place.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Pentas lanceolata
- Botanical family: Rubiaceae
- Life cycle: Annual
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Exposure: Sun
- Placement: Outdoors
- Growth rate: Fast
- Minimum temperature: 2 °C
- Drought resistance: Low
- Mature height: 20-40 cm
- Mature width: 20-35 cm
- Flowering period: May–October
- Flower colour: Mixed
- Fragrance: Subtle
- Soil: Fertile, well drained
- pH: 6,0-7,0
- Watering: Moderate to high
- Fertilising: Every 1–2 weeks while in flower
- Pruning: Removing spent flowers
- Mulching: Optional
- Product code: 4018844
- EAN code: 6420384018844
Warnings
- Frost-sensitive
- Flowers more abundantly if you remove spent blooms
Frequently asked questions
Does it survive winter outdoors?
Not entirely – it is frost-sensitive (down to about 2°C); in northern regions it should be sheltered in winter or grown in a pot.
What exposure and watering does it prefer?
Sun; moderate to high watering. Pentas forms clusters of star-shaped flowers that attract butterflies and bees, resistant to scorching heat.
When does it flower?
Flowering period: May–October.
