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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Uploaded by blue23rose
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2018-07-26
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-07-08
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2017-06-28
Coleus Inferno:  leaves of many colors.
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2019-09-14
Such beauty and detail ... in a leaf.
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2023-09-29
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2019-06-22
Aptly named, foliage really is on fire.  Outstanding.
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2018-08-06
Location: Longwood Gardens PA
Date: 2023-09-20
glowing in setting sun
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2017-04-20
Location: AgriLife North Farm, Overton, TX
Date: 2016-06-23
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Coleus Inferno by Njiris Jun 28, 2017 4:59 PM 0

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