Lavender Pentas
Pentas lanceolata
Lavender Pentas blooms from May through October.
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Growing Lavender Pentas
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 10–11. Expect it to reach about 1.6 ft tall and 1.3 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.
When to plant Lavender Pentas
Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Lavender Pentas into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from May to October.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 10 in January.
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