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

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Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
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Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2016-06-04
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2016-06-04
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
Growing in full sun.
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-07-19
Neat looking upright growing coleus.
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2016-06-04
With 'Golden Dreams'
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
Growing in full sun.
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-07-19
This leaf was shaded more than the rest of the plant and shows mo
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-06-08
Ruby veins show up well against the bright green background color
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2014-06-26

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