One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Coleus ...

This mixed container of Kong Junior Rose coleus, Luscious Marmalade lantana and Supertunia Royal Velvet petunia welcome visitors to this shopping center in Columbus, GA.

It was five years ago that most of us first saw Kong Junior coleus in trials across the country. We liked what we saw, but knew we had to get our hands on it to see what it could really become ...

This group features 'Rose to Lime Magic' that makes a dramatic color change as it grows, and 'Pineapple Surprise,' with brick red and chartreuse leaves. Coleus Marquee Red Carpet from Ball ...

Leaf colours range from lime green and mosaic to red, rose and scarlet. Kong performs best and shows more intense colour outdoors in full shade and can also be used as an indoor lifestyle plant in ...

Kong will be available in red, scarlet, rose and mosaic (multicolored) varieties. Coleus can take the summer-long heat and humidity and will still be putting on a show in August.

The Kong Junior coleus is perfect for planting in the tropical-style garden as understory plants to tall bananas, gingers and elephant ears or a superbly colorful addition to the shade garden.

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, ...

Each year, I grow two planters on either side of an east-facing entryway to my front door. They're mostly in the shade. I tried 'Kong' coleus, but they broke off due to wind. Do you have any ...

The turnaround came with the introduction of Coleus ‘Kong’ with its huge, multicoloured leaves twice the size of normal coleus. Next in line was the Sun coleus range for growing in full sun or ...

There are also Kong Junior Scarlet, Kong Junior Rose, and a mix. The leaves of the Kong Junior are about 30 percent smaller when compared to the original Kong series.