You may have noticed that some of the bedding plants you put in back in the spring are looking tired and played out at this point. Perhaps insects or diseases have caused damage, or the bedding plants ...

Pentas stay in bloom all summer and into fall, with flowers in shades of white, pink, rose, lavender and red. Dwarf cultivars, such as the Butterfly series, stay less than 2 feet, and taller cultivars ...

If I had to pick one plant — one flowering plant — to place in my yard, I’d choose Pentas lanceolata, also known as star flower or star cluster. It’s available in lavender, white and multiple shades ...

Q. We have an 8-by-8-foot area planted with big red pentas. They eventually became woody and we replaced them with dwarf pentas, but now they are dying. We want something for this area that will not ...

You may have noticed that some of the bedding plants you added in the spring look tired and played out now (petunias often falter in the heat of midsummer). Perhaps insects or diseases have caused ...

Now that it’s the season to plant flowering shrubs, many homeowners and condo dwellers write asking for alternatives to impatiens, a water-thirsty plant that is incompatible with other plants that can ...

If you want to boost the color in your landscape, nurseries still have a good selection of colorful bedding plants that will thrive in whatever heat the summer throws at them. They come in a variety ...

Do you want to invite butterflies to visit? Or maybe you just want some great summer color from a reliable perennial. Look no farther than your local garden center for the red hot pentas. Not that ...

An easy way to add color to a sunny or partly shaded garden is with pentas (P. lanceolata). These herbaceous shrubs, native to Africa and Arabia, bloom year-round with clustered flowers in shades of ...