For decades, the coleus family of annuals has provided that color, but only in the shade where the plants could be protected from the summer sun. But today's new hardy coleus families are bred to ...

Coleus grow quickly, and more than 100,000 seedlings were produced and evaluated during winter and early spring 2000. About 800 were selected to plant outdoors in full sun for the remaining spring ...

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Henna is one of the sun-tolerant types suitable for growing in full sun to part shade. Henna coleus will really light up a garden.

These cool cultivars are easy to grow in the ground or containers, will grow in sun or shade, and are easy to propagate, too.

Marooned also caught my eye, with its deep, maroon-purple color. Both can be grown in either sun or shade. A tall growing coleus called Inferno reminded me of copper.

All coleus have excellent container potential if they are given an adequate well-draining soil mix, reasonable nutrients and the proper sun exposure in which to thrive.