How to Plant Pentas. Full sun is preferred, although some afternoon shade is tolerated. Plants that receive at least three hours of direct sun will have the best blooms. Pentas that donât receive enough sunlight will stretch and become leggy. Pentas appreciate a mildly acidic soil pH, in the range of 6.0.
Definitions for flightyËflaÉª ti. flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained(adj) guided by whim and fancy. flighty young girls. skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous(adj) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) flighty(Adjective) Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
The slang word flapper, describing a young woman, is sometimes supposed to refer to a young bird flapping its wings while learning to fly. However, it may derive from an earlier use in northern England to mean teenage girl, referring to one whose hair is not yet put up and whose plaited pigtail flapped on her back; or from an older word meaning prostitute.