Skip to content
Pentas lanceolata hybrida,Pentas Hybrids - Kadiyam Nursery

Stunning Pentas Lanceolata Hybrida Plants for Sale - Enhance Your Garden Today!

Kadiam Nursery - Your Trusted Wholesale Plant Supplier

We offer a wide selection of plants for bulk orders across India, ensuring safe and reliable transport through our dedicated vehicles.

Minimum order quantities apply. No courier services are used for plant shipments.

Trusted nationwide for delivering consistent quality and reliability in plant supplies.

As part of Mahindra Nursery Exports, we also offer national plant export services. Natural factors may cause plant variations, but we ensure consistent quality.
Common name:
Pentas Hybrids
Regional name:
Marathi - Hybrid Pentas
Category:
Flowering Pot Plants, Shrubs, Groundcovers
Family:
Rubiaceae or Ixora and Pentas family
Light:
Sun growing, Semi shade
Water:
Normal
Primarily grown for:
Flowers
Flowering season:
Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
Flower or Inflorescence color:
Various colored flowers available viz., Pink, Red, White, Orange, Dark Pink, Light Pink, Lilac or mauve, Purple, Salmon
Foliage color:
Green
Plant Height or length:
50 cms to 100 cms
Plant Spread or Width:
50 cms to 100 cms
Plant Form:
Upright or Erect
Special Character:
  • Good for Hedges and Borders
  • Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
  • Attracts bees
  • Suitable for road median planting
Generally available in India in quantities of:
Over hundreds

Plant Description:

- These are seed grown hybrids.
- They are compact and free flowering.
- They do not have a very long life - but neither do the regular pentas.
- Pentas are to be used as annuals or as biannuals.
- They need to be changed for top performance.
- Pentas are easy to grow shrubs.
- They are very similar to Ixoras - but grow quickly and flower more. A wider color range too is available.
- Native of Africa & Madagacar.
- Its very useful in tropical gardens. They cannot tolerate cold and dry heat.

Growing tips:

- Suitable for full sunlight as well as for semi shade. May require replacements after 3 to 4 yrs.
- It grows best in partial shade.
- Suitable for the tropical and subtropical areas.
- Flowers throughout the year except in severe winter.
- Practically no pruning is required.
- The most beautiful small shrubs of the warmer areas.
- It is easy to grow.
- Grow in a pots or in raised beds as plants require good drainage.
- They prefer semi shade or bright light and moderate humidity.
- Mid day will result in drying of leaves - especially the lower ones.
- Plants require regular irrigation. If not they will immediately drop their lower leaves and will look leggy.
- Can be cut back at the beginning of monsoon and in spring.
- Regular feeding will keep the flowers coming.