Among the best summer flowers are pentas plants, or Pentas lanceolata, charming shrubs with clusters of blooms that often grow in pink, red and white. They're native to tropical climates ...

Among the plants known to provide abundant nectar for adult butterflies, you can't beat pentas. The plentiful production of nectar, along with a profuse and long-blooming season, has earned pentas ...

Nothing catches the eye in a garden quite like a bright red flower, for humans and hummingbirds alike. And while perennials ...

To propagate pentas, all you have to do is trim the bloom and most of the leaves off a soft-stemmed shoot and dip the stem in rooting formula before pressing it into potting soil.

Butterfly pentas grow up to 24 inches tall and about 18 inches wide. The name "penta" comes from the Latin and means five, since each small flower has five petals. These plants are also commonly ...

Though pentas plants are natural hummingbird magnets, there are a few things you can do to boost their appeal. First, choose the right color. Pentas blossoms tend to come in red, white, yellow ...

My new concept is to use a wide-ranging mix of plants. It’s a little bit like how my abstract art is done. This planting concept uses many different colors, textures and sizes all in the same beds.

Warmer, drier weather means we’ll be seeing more bees, birds, and butterflies visiting our gardens. This is the perfect time to stop by your favorite garden center and pick up some pollinators ...

A. Start as many new plants as you need by rooting 4- to 6-inch tip cuttings. Pentas root easily in trays or pots of coarse vermiculite available at many garden centers.

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… ...