General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 12 to 36 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Groundcover
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Eastern Black #Swallowtail on a Red Penta
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-06-18
#Pollination - Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird visiting blooms
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-06-24
#Pollination - Spicebush Swallowtail
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-06-19
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2014-02-18
Labeled Pentas hybrid.  Details of the reproductive parts of pent
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-06-20
#Pollination - Gulf Fritillary Butterfly visiting bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-09-03
#Pollination - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail visiting flowers
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-09-03
#Pollination - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-04-27
Monarchs love penta blooms. These five emerged today 4/27/2020 al
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-08-05
#Pollination
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-03-06
#Pollination -  Monarch Butterfly visiting bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-10-29
#Pollination - Long-tailed Skipper at bloom
Location: Datona Beach, Florida
Date: 2009-09-09
#Pollination - Zebra Longwing Butterfly
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-08-22
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-08-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-08-30
#Pollination - Long-tailed Skipper visiting bloom
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-22
#Pollination
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-22
Location: Sanford, FL
Date: 2021-05-30
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2011-09-28
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-02-07
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-01-20

photo credit:  Yoko Nekonomania
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-09-28
Young plants
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2013-03-01
Location: DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2009-12-09
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-07-03
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Pretty! by plantladylin Feb 5, 2021 8:28 AM 2

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