General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: Medium, 20 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flower Time: Fall
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip

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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: My Garden

Date: 2009-08-12
Zone 4 Wisconsin

Date: 2012-10-22
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: July 2010
A favorite coleus, for it's bright color and tight growth form. S

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