Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Color Effect: Red
Chartreuse
Green
Purple
Burgundy
Pink
Leaf Shape: Ovate (typical)
Variegation: Multi-Color: Distinct
Leaf Size: Average (1½"-3")
Habit: Upright
Sun Tolerance: Filtered/Shifting
Full Morning

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 10 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Squirrels
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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

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Location: Maine
Date: 2014-05-31
Grown from seed
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2018-08-22
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2018-08-22
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-18
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-08-13
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-10-01
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-04-26
Newly purchased from greenhouse.
Location: master garden sale
Date: 2017-04-07
Beautiful dark colors
Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2022-06-16
As accent for pencil holly planting
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Location: At a local nursery
Location: At a local nursery
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