Pentas Lucky Star F1 Lipstick Seeds

Pentas Lucky Star F1 Lipstick Seeds produce vivid red flowers on compact plants bred for rapid follow-up blooming. Their tidy growth provides continuous colour in sunny garden displays.

Grow Guide: How to grow Lucky Star pentas from pelleted seed in South Africa.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant Type: Tender perennial; often grown as a warm-season bedding plant where frost occurs
• Scientific Name: Pentas lanceolata
• Series: Lucky Star F1
• Seed Form: Pelleted seed
• General Sowing Time: Late winter to spring with warmth; use the regional windows in the Grow Guide
• Position: Full sun; protect young transplants from severe establishment heat
• Sow Depth: Surface sow; do not cover
• Light for Germination: Provide light during germination and leave the pellet uncovered
• Germination Temperature: 24°C
• Pretreatment: None; sow the pellet as supplied—do not soak, scarify or chill
• Germination: Current packet: 14–21 days; breeder-controlled: 6–9 days from 50% to maximum germination
• Spacing: 20–25 cm
• Height: 30–41 cm
• Spread: 30–36 cm
• Growth Form: Compact, upright and well-branched
• Flowering: Repeated warm-season clusters with rapid follow-up bloom; breeder-controlled crop about 13–15 weeks from sowing

Why Grow This Variety

• Vivid red flowers create a distinctive colour display.
• Rapid follow-up blooming supports continuous seasonal colour.
• A tight, compact growth form keeps plantings neat.
• Full-sun growth suits bright garden positions.

Garden Uses

Use Lucky Star F1 Lipstick in sunny borders, garden beds or containers where its compact growth form and repeated flowering can provide a tidy colour accent.

Growing Notes

• Pre-moisten clean, free-draining seedling mix and place one pellet on the surface of each cell.
• Leave the pellet uncovered and provide light during germination.
• Maintain 24°C, fully wet the pellet and keep it evenly moist without waterlogging.
• Vent and remove humidity covers as seedlings emerge, then provide bright light and airflow.
• Harden well-rooted seedlings gradually and plant 20–25 cm apart using the regional timing in the Grow Guide.

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