General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Plant Height: 10-16 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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

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Location: Maine
Date: 2014-04-29
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-04-30
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-04-29

Date: 2007-06-30

Date: 2018-06-10
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-29
at a local garden center

Date: 2013-05-09

Date: 2013-05-09

Date: 2013-05-09
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-06-18
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-06-18
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Apr 29, 2012
Tagawa Nursery
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-29
at a local garden center

Date: 2014-03-17

Date: 2014-03-17
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on May 29, 2012 2:48 PM concerning plant:
    This one is Ok in full sun here in zone 5
    Has great leaf color, great in mixed containers and pairs well with so much.
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really neat by Onewish1 May 31, 2012 6:42 PM 1

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