Pentas lanceolata 'Butterfly Red'

Rich red 3" flowers clusters. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit. An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells.The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.