Penta Pw Assorted 1G

Sunstar^® Lavender

Egyptian Star Flower

Pentas lanceolata

FEATURES

SHOW me your THUMB. Yep, that's GREEN all right.

Extra-large clusters of flowers on dark green foliage, these heat tolerant plants bring on the pollinators and bloom nonstop all summer without any deadheading.

Award Winner

Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer

Disease Resistant

Long Blooming

Heat Tolerant

Deadheading Not Necessary

Attracts: 

Bees

Butterflies

Hummingbirds

CHARACTERISTICS

Plant Type: 

 Annual

Height Category: 

 Medium

Garden Height: 

 18 - 22 Inches

Spacing: 

 10 - 14 Inches

Spread: 

 16 - 24 Inches

Flower Colors: 

 Purple

Flower Shade: 

 Lavender

Foliage Colors: 

 Green

Foliage Shade: 

 Green

Habit: 

 Upright

Container Role: 

 Filler

PLANT NEEDS

Light Requirement: 

 Part Sun to Sun

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

Maintenance Category: 

 Easy

Bloom Time: 

 Planting To Frost

Hardiness Zones: 

 11a, 11b

Water Category: 

 Average

Soil Fertility Requirement: 

 Average Soil

Uses: 

 Border Plant

 Container

 Cut Flower

 Landscape

 Mass Planting

Uses Notes: 

Great in containers and landscapes. Can be used as a cut flower where it is best used in shorter vessels.

Maintenance Notes: 

Pentas is best grown in good, moist soil, but it can tolerate poorer soils as well. They prefer a pH close to 7, so consider amending soil with pelletized lime if planting in an area with highly acidic soil. They are quite heat tolerant. An application of controlled release fertilizer at planting should be sufficient, but an additional application in mid-summer will help the plants thrive into Fall.

Sunstar^® Lavender Pentas lanceolata ''PEZZ0013'' USPP 32,014