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Coleus is mainly grown for its colorful foliage and not its flowers, so it might be shocking to learn that some of its ...
There are endless possibilities for breeding coleus plants with wildly creative leaf colors and shapes. Home propagators can ...
Growing a coleus as a perennial is easy, should you wish to keep a favorite variety around. Here's what you need to know to enjoy coleus as a perennial or annual plant. Coleus is a genus of ...
New colors and patterns of coleus are introduced regularly including dwarf varieties, trailing types, and big-leaf, upright plants that grow to 3 1/2 feet tall. The blue or white flowers on the ...
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How to Plant and Care for Coleus Plants
Here's our guide on how to grow coleus, along with some of our favorite varieties. Suitable locations for coleus depend on ...
While you can still find ‘garden variety’ coleus—usually variegated with some combination of red and green—dogged breeders are developing new leaf shapes, sexier textures and brighter colors.
As you can see in the images here, many coleus varieties produce leaves with contrasting pink, green, red or purple markings ...