Pentas
Family: Rubiaceae.
Common name(s): Star flower, Star cluster ...
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Pentas lanceolata ‘Graffiti’ Series is a new compact Pentas that grows to 10' making it perfect for containers or front of the border plantings.
Pentas lanceolata
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Surface sow seed in spring, rich and well-drained soil, 70-75F/21-24C. Good light to part shade. May be grown indoors. Grow also from softwood cuttings, spring and summer. Also called Pentas carnea. Zone 10 ...
Pentas is one of those plants like coleus and vinca that became known by their Latin names instead of some fanciful common name.
#79 Pentas lanceolata
Common Names: pentas, star flower, star cluster
Family: Rubiaceae (madder Family)
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Pentas. Good nectar plant for butterflies.
Pereskia aculeata. Barbados gooseberry. In the Cactaceae or cactus family, with leaves. Also known as the lemon vine and leaf cactus. Not common.
Pentas, Pentas lanceolata
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Pentas lanceolata variety
Vivid red 3" bloom clusters are borne from spring to fall on this upright to rounded shrub. A popular butterfly plant, few other plants can compete with it's profuse blooming habits.
Pentas lanceolata 'New Look Red'
(Egyptian star cluster, Star cluster) (1 user review)
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Pentas lanceolata, Rubiaceae, PENTAS
Leaves opposite, usually four ranked on the stem, sometimes whorled, ovate to lanceolate in shape, up to about 3 1/2 inches long, veins are pronounced. Stems are branches, may become woody toward the base.
Pentas lanceolata Try it on a porch!
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Iguanas also avoid toxic and thick-leaved plants. It is a good idea to learn to live with these animals if you are able. Do not feed them as this will encourage them to stay and produce more iguanas.
Other blooming tropicals widely available as container plants are Allamanda, Cuphea, Ixora, Lantana, Mandevilla, passionflower (Passiflora), Pentas, leadwort (Plumbago), blue trumpet vine (Thunbergia grandiflora) and Tibouchina.
Heliotrope (Heliotropum arboresccens)
Lantana (Lantana species)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Phlox (Phlox drummondi)
Salvia (Salvia species)
Starflower (Pentas lanceolata)
Verbena (Verbena species)
Zinnia (Zinnia species) ...
Mitchella repens (Partridgeberry)
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Nertera granadensis (Makole, Bead Plant)
Omiltemia filisepala
Pentas lanceolata (Star Clusters)
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In a polysepalous calyx the number of the parts is indicated by Greek numerals prefixed; thus, a calyx which has three sepals is trisepalous; one with five sepals is pentasepalous. The sepals occasionally are of different forms and sizes.
 See also: Pink, Green, May, Varieties, Orange
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