Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
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  • Sun to light shade, morning sun best
  • Blooms late spring to frost
  • Attracts hummingbirds
  • Perennial, returns from roots in spring
  • The old-fashioned tall red variety is perennial in Coastal South; most other cultivars are treated as annuals