Coleus, native to Old World tropics, caused great excitement during the Victorian age with its vibrant, bold colors and exotic leaf shapes. However, its popularity began to decline as gardeners in ...

While coleus can be considered low-maintenance plants that can fill borders and pots with color, they are very temperature-sensitive. For this reason, they are often grown as part-shade annuals, ...

For example, Select Seeds ( www.selectseeds.com, (800) 684-0395) carries 15 coleus varieties, with leaves that range from peachy 'Alabama Sunset' through lime-green-edged purple-black 'Inky Fingers.' ...

Coleus are riotously, manically heavy in shades of chartreuse, shocking pink, deep purple, lime green and perhaps a measure of yellow gold along the margins.

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There’s nothing subtle about coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides). In Victorian times these most extroverted of annuals reigned supreme in parlors, conservatories and gaudy bedding schemes. Out ...

Another that caught my eye was called Marooned™ which has a deep maroon-purple color, and it can also be grown in sun or shade. There was also a tall-growing coleus, called Inferno™, that ...

Coleus will live until the first frost touches them. In the metro, that’s roughly Halloween, give or take a few weeks. When the cold weather is coming in the fall, you can keep a coleus in two ways.

Coleus is another shade-tolerant foliage plant that provides color for the summer landscape. It comes in many of the same colors as caladium, and there are varieties that can tolerate more sun.