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

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Location: Northern New Jersey
Date: 2020-08-27
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2019-06-22
May be named Saturn, but a down to earth beauty.
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: American Fork, UT
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2017-09-03
Coleus Saturn
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 7/15/15
Coleus Saturn
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-09-15
Location: American Fork, UT
Location: Northwest N.J.
Date: 2019-04-25
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 4/15
Coleus Saturn Leaf Detail
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Apr 29, 2012
Tagawa Nursery
Location: At our garden - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 06May2013
Coleus 'Saturn'

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-08-10
Has grown to about 2 feet high; pictured in full sun
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-09-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-09-26
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-16
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