General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 13 +15.6 °C (60 °F) to +21.1 °C (70 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Leaves: Evergreen: o mare eele-cwndgyoydiaheesit tat Vd orrs cneyweerala-hamgf
Needled
Broadleaf
Flowers: Inconspicuous: p haSresadt
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Other
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer: Danalheheods sscisife .t an ouwns dsaremenolnofublug
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cooked greens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Flood Resistant
Salt tolerant
Containers: Prefers to be under-potted
Not suitable for containers
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)
Ploidy: Pentaploid

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Common names
  • Variegated Pentas
  • Egyptian Star Cluster
  • Star Flower
Also sold as:
  • Stars & Stripes
Comments:
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