Butterfly Deep Pink Egyptian star flower
Pentas lanceolata 'Butterfly Deep Pink'
USDA zones11 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size12 to 24 inches tallup to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Deep pink
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Butterfly Deep Pink' Egyptian star flower (Pentas lanceolata 'Butterfly Deep Pink') is an annual for borders, containers, pollinator gardens, and annual beds. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast into a dense mound of deep pink blooms that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Celosia, Cypress vine, Mystic Illusion dahlia, and Parrot's beak.