Pentas Butterfly Rose Deep are lovely, star-petaled flowers that bring butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to your garden. They love warm weather and bloom throughout the summer. It is easy to grow pentas from pelleted seeds because the coated seeds are bigger and easier to handle. With proper care, you can have vibrant, full blooms in your garden.

Number of Seeds	10 Seeds
Sowing month	Feb to nov
Sowing temperature	Above 28C
Blooming month	March to Nov
Sun	Full sun
Seed supplied as	Pelleted

To have an early start, plant pentas seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the date of the last frost. Start with filling a seed tray with a well-draining good-quality potting mix. Pentas Butterfly Rose Deep Due to the pelleted seeds’ coating on the outside, the seeds need to be wet first before they will break. Just press them into the soil surface, but do not seed them. Pentas seeds need light in order to germinate.

Second, water the soil with a fine spray to keep the soil at an even moisture level. Third, put the tray in a warm location, 70–75°F (21–24°C). Put the tray under a plastic wrap or a humidity dome to provide humidity. Germination 10 to 14 days. Once germinated, take off the cover and put the tray in bright indirect light. Amaryllis Hercules can be grown in the same weather conditions.

When the seedlings are 3 to 4 inches tall and the threat of frost has passed, they can be transplanted outside. Plant them where they will receive sunlight and drainage. Spade compost into the soil prior to planting to give the plants a nutritional boost.

Finally, prick small holes 12 to 18 inches apart and softly place each seedling into them. Water the seedlings generously after transplanting to aid acclimation. Plant them on a cloudy day or late afternoon to avoid transplant shock.

Pentas Butterfly Rose Deep are easy-care plants once planted. Water them every week or fortnight and keep the soil moderately moist. Never water too much because pentas prefer dry soils, not wet soils.

To give a prolonged bloom, deadhead by cutting spent flowers every other fortnight and fertilize with an even balanced liquid fertilizer. Deadheading will trigger new flowering to start and keep the plant tidy.

Your pentas will be ablaze with gorgeous, beautiful flowers in early summer. They’ll continue flowering right up until the first frost, lighting up flowerbeds, borders, and pots. Because pentas are such magnets for pollinators, they’re a leading choice for any butterfly garden or hummingbird garden.

Wonderful months of pentas blooms are yours with minimal effort. Experiment by planting them from pelleted seeds for a rewarding but challenging gardening project!