Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Leaf Size: Very Large (4"-6")
Habit: Upright
Sun Tolerance: None

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 18 to 20 inches
Plant Spread: 15 to 18 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: Keep flower stems pinched off back to the base of bloom stalk.
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 4 to 5 days Depth to plant seed: Cover lightly with vermiculite Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info: Temperature for germination is 72 to 75°F
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Trade name information:
Series: Kong™
Trade Name: Mosaic
Cultivar name: 'Kakegawa CE15'
Common names
  • Coleus
  • Flame Nettle
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

Photo Gallery
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-10-03
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2022-06-08

Date: 2019-04-17

Date: 2019-04-17
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Hampton, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-15

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-04-06
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-04-29
On my porch waiting to be planted
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-07-07
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-07-07
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-07-07

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