Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Variegation: Multi-Color: Distinct
Habit: Upright
Sun Tolerance: Filtered/Shifting

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 14 - 20 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Other: Slow to flower if at all.
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP19,180

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Indian Summer
Cultivar name: 'Balcinsu'
Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellariodes
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides

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Location: Central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2018/06/22
Coleus Indian Summer
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-08-11
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-08-30
Leaf reverse.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-11-13
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14

Date: 2012-10-23
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-11-05
Location: Central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 7/4/15
Coleus Indian Summer
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Apr 29, 2012
Tagawa Nursery
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-07-20
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-09-28
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-04-26
Newly purchased from greenhouse.
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-08-30
A single plant that was placed/planted as a single-stem cutting i
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2013-08-12
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14

Date: 2012-10-23

Date: 2012-10-23
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-11-06
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-07-20
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-09-28
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Stuart, OK
Date: 2017-06-15
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Date: 2012-03-19
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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