General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides

Photo Gallery

Date: 2023-11-13
Finger Paint Coleus Houseplant
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date: 2023-09-24
Finger Paint Coleus
Photo by Itzcath
Location: NJ
Date: 2018-07-28
Location: Central NJ
Date: 9/13/14
Coleus Finger Paint with mutations

Date: 2009-09-05
Zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2017-09-03
Coleus Finger Paint
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-10-24
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Untitled by Njiris Sep 14, 2014 8:54 PM 2
Coleus Finger Paint mutations by Njiris Sep 13, 2014 8:51 PM 0

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