Pentas Lanceolata 'Longwood Crimson' Red flowers

Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. Growing plants under trees can be difficult because of shade problems and competition for moisture from tee tree's roots themselves. This shrub is a good candidate for planting under trees

Pentas Lanceolata 'Longwood Crimson'

Pentas Lanceolata 'Longwood Crimson'

Red flowers

This shrub does not have any flowers

Growing plants under trees can be difficult because of shade problems and competition for moisture from tee tree's roots themselves. This shrub is a good candidate for planting under trees

Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree

This shrub is referred to as tender which generally means it will not tolerate any frost at all. Protect shrubs like these in even mild frosty places

When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 3 feet and spread over an area of about 3 feet

Rich soil and lots of fertilizer suit this shrub. It will reward you well if you feed it well. Neglect the fertilizer and it will not be the shrub you saw in the picture when you bought it. This shrub needs rich soil

When the shrub has finished flowering it is safe to prune this shrub. Pruning of the shrub will promote new growth and new flowering.

Grow the shrub for beautiful flowers