I love working with pentas. I treat them as annuals due to frost limitations. However, they are forgiving; I dead head to make blooms l...Read Moreast into December. Nary a wilt in 105 + heat!
San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) | August 2003 | positive
San Antonio, TX
These dwarf pentas with dark green leaves and light pink blooms have been blooming all summer and have not skippe...Read Mored a beat even in 108 degree weather. They receive morning filtered sun and afternoon sun. This is the first year I have grown them so I do not know if they will come back from the roots in the spring as do my other pentas.
Be sure not to over water. They do not like wet feet. Feed monthly with a 6-6-6, 8-8-8 or similar garden fertilizer following label instructions. Rabbit manure mixed in the soil at planting time works wonders. Grasshoppers tend to be a problem. Dust with Sevin Dust at the first appearance of leaves being eaten or you will be sorry you did not do so. The plant will rebound after the leaves have been eaten, however.
I am very glad that I tried these out and recommend them as a low border or container plant.
October 23, 2004 I mulched these heavily in the winter and they returned from the roots in the spring. As of today, they are still providing beautiful blooms.
February, 2006 They do well in hot Texas full sun also.
I love working with pentas. I treat them as annuals due to frost limitations. However, they are forgiving; I dead head to make blooms l...Read More
San Antonio, TX
These dwarf pentas with dark green leaves and light pink blooms have been blooming all summer and have not skippe...Read More