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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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Beauty of Lyon'
  • 'Flame Thrower'

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

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Date: 2008-06-25
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-06-09
Location: Hosta kitchen garden
Date: 2008-0615

Date: 2012-06-09

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by pirl (Southold, Long Island, NY - Zone 7a) on Aug 28, 2014 2:06 PM concerning plant:
    Not a strong grower for me, here in Zone 7. I wouldn't buy it again.

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