This perennial to sub-shrub has dark brown stems that form a prostrate to upright rounded habit. It has mid to dark green ovate leaves and the red, pink or lilac tube-shaped flowers appear in clusters during summer. 

Hardiness zones 10 to 12 

Pentas lanceolata is naturally found from Yemen to tropical East Africa. It prefers a moist, fertile well-drained soil in a protected sunny position and is drought and frost tender. 

Star Cluster is grown for its continuous flowering period and bushy habit. It is planted in small or tropical gardens along front borders or in courtyards as a specimen. It is an excellent container plant that can overwinter indoors in cold regions and is used in rockeries or around water features for a tropical effect. It is also a long lasting cut flower and establishes from cuttings in 1 to 2 years. ID 981

Pentas (PEN-tas) lanceolata (lăn-kee-o-LAH-ta)

Rubiaceae (ROO-bee-AY-see-ee)
Coffee and Madder Family