Panama Rose, Bush Pentas

Responds well to pruning and clipping, which thicken it up. Can be maintained at 3' without having to prune too often. Great butterfly pl...Read Moreant for winter, when few nectar sources are available.

I'm in USDA Zone 9a (20-25 degrees, data to 1990), Plantmaps Zone 9b (25-30 degrees, data to 2010), full sun part day, no freezes yet for...Read More this specimen. The plant is about 3' tall in a container. Gets leggy and thin spring and summer but it gets a positive rating for blooming during the winter. It's survived 2 years with relatively little attention. It's sufficiently salt-tolerant to live about 600' from the Atlantic Ocean.

This plant is quite attractive but at my location about 40 miles north of Houston, TX the plant is frosted just as the blooms are startin...Read Moreg to open and dies back to ground. This would probably be an excellent plant futher south.

I have two of these plants. One is in a butterfly atrium in heavy, very moist soil and has grown to 5' in l year. The other is in my b...Read Moreackyard in sandy soil with excellent drainage. This one is only 4' high. I just love this plant. It is really carefree and very beautiful.