Delightful Landscape Flower

How To Grow

Pentas seeds should be started indoors in late winter. Use a quality seeds starting mix and press seeds into soil, but do not cover. Place clear plastic over starter trays to retain moisture and warmth. Place trays in a south-facing sunny window for best germination. Keep soil moist, but not wet. Germination should occur in 14-21 days. Remove plastic after seedlings emerge. After the frost season has passed, harden seedlings for 10 days and then transplant them outdoors. Pentas care includes deadheading spent flowers and fertilizing monthly during the growing season.

• Average Germ Time: 14-21 days
• Sowing rate: 4-5 seeds per plant
• Planting depth: press into soil without covering

Plant Information

Pentas flowers are miniature star-shaped blooms that grow in thick eye-catching clusters. They are perennial plants that prefer USDA zones 9-11. Pentas will reach a height of up to 12 inches and will also spread to a width of 12 inches. Pentas are also very effective at attracting a variety of pollinators.

• Bloom season: early summer to early fall
• Bloom color: mix
• Environment: full sun

Pentas Mix (Pentas Lanceeolata Graffiti Mix) - If you want to attract butterflies, start Pentas seeds and enjoy watching the butterflies land on the large 3 inch umbels. Pentas Lanceeolata is also known as Egyptian Star Cluster and Star Flower. The Pentas Graffiti series offers a beautiful mix of colors with star-shaped flowers. Pentas Starflower are ideal in a hot, sunny location, and they will grow into 12 inch tall mounds of flowers in shades of: white, pink, red, ruby,and violet. Egyptian Star Cluster Pentas are striking in the garden or as a container plant. Its hybrid genetics ensures uniformity of plant habit and bloom time. Pentas flowers are vigorous and sun-loving, and they grow well in both northern and southern climates. In frost-free zones, the Star Flower plant will grow as a perennial. In colder zones, grow them as annuals.

Grow Star Flower from Pentas seeds indoors in late winter. Use a quality seed starting mix and press the flower seeds into the mix. Do not cover the Star Flower seeds. Place clear plastic or glass over the starter tray or pots to help hold in moisture. Keep the flower seeds moist but not saturated. Place the trays in a south facing, sunny window for germination. As the Pentas seedlings emerge, remove the plastic and keep them in a bright, well-lit location. After hardening the seedlings for 10 days or more, transplant outdoors after frost season is over. Pentas flower care includes deadheading the spent flowers to promote continual blooming. Apply a fertilizer each month during the growing season. If the Pentas Egyptian Star Cluster plants are being grown as perennials, cut them back each fall.

Pentas Violet (Pentas Lanceeolata Graffiti Violet) - If you are looking for beautiful, violet, star-shaped flowers then look no further than this new Pentas seed. The Pentas flower is one of the best for attracting butterflies to your landscape. Fill your flower borders and containers with Pentas Graffiti violet flowers which grow on compact, uniform plants. Pentas flowers are rich in nectar and are in flat umbels making them perfect for butterflies to land on and enjoy. Pentas plants are also known by the common names of Star Flower and Egyptian Star Cluster. Egyptian Star Cluster Pentas are vigorous plants and wonderful bloomers giving a long season of color.

Grow Star Flower from Pentas seeds indoors in late winter. Use a quality seed starting mix and press the flower seeds into the mix. Do not cover the Star Flower seeds. Place clear plastic or glass over the starter tray or pots to help hold in moisture. Keep the flower seeds moist but not saturated. Place the trays in a south facing, sunny window for germination. As the Pentas seedlings emerge, remove the plastic and keep them in a bright, well-lit location. After hardening the seedlings for 10 days or more, transplant outdoors after frost season is over. Pentas flower care includes deadheading the spent flowers to promote continual blooming. Apply a fertilizer each month during the growing season. If the Pentas Egyptian Star Cluster plants are being grown as perennials, cut them back each fall.

Pentas White (Pentas Lanceeolata Graffiti White) - No matter where you live, you can grow Pentas seeds. In frost-free zones, Pentas will live as a perennial, and in colder zones, Pentas plants will be annuals giving lots of colorful, nectar-rich blooms. This Graffiti white Pentas is striking in the flower bed with low-growing, mounding, compact, uniform plants. Pentas plants are also well-suited for containers. Known also as Egyptian Star Cluster and Star Flower, Pentas are ideal in a hot, sunny location.

Grow Star Flower from Pentas seeds indoors in late winter. Use a quality seed starting mix and press the flower seeds into the mix. Do not cover the Star Flower seeds. Place clear plastic or glass over the starter tray or pots to help hold in moisture. Keep the flower seeds moist but not saturated. Place the trays in a south facing, sunny window for germination. As the Pentas seedlings emerge, remove the plastic and keep them in a bright, well-lit location. After hardening the seedlings for 10 days or more, transplant outdoors after frost season is over. Pentas flower care includes deadheading the spent flowers to promote continual blooming. Apply a fertilizer each month during the growing season. If the Pentas Egyptian Star Cluster plants are being grown as perennials, cut them back each fall.