Coleus Plant Perennial

Velvety chocolate leaves are each perfectly dotted along the rim with bright mint green, for a luminous look. High-voltage contrast punctuates each leaf of our latest coleus, providing bold drama to the partially shady corners of the garden.

Coleus, Chocolate Covered Cherry displays one of the best foliage patterns – the rose center on each leaf is surrounded by deep mahogany and edged with a thin green margin. This impressive variety performs well in planters and small space gardens in...

The mix of coleus enchants with its variations of pattern, detail and color, with sensuous shades of copper, orange, and nearly black. Rich Mediterranean colors on a grand scale; the plants boast leaves up to 8" long.

Let this impressive beauty work some magic in your containers and shady beds. GARDEN HINTS: Likes evenly moist soil. Large heart-shaped leaves. Coleus turns shady areas into kaleidoscopes of color.

Coleus is a foliage plant par excellence, a favorite of discerning gardeners since Victorian times. Produce low-key show of blue-to white nettlelike flowers in late summer. ‘Olive Mosaic's enchanting, multicolored oblate leaves, with their hand-painted...

Coleus is grown for its brilliant, glowing foliage rather than flowers. This is an outstanding mixture formulated to provide the best and brightest colors of medium-sized leaf varieties.

There are currently an incredible 1,431 named varieties on the market. Among these are Christmas Candy, Indian Frills, Rustic Orange, Tilt-a-Whirl (see alphabetized photos in this article),These and all other coleus varieties are very easy to grow.

The coleus were always in a hanging basket above the others and always, always, there were some on the kitchen windowsill. My priorities were not whether or not the bed would fit, but the amount of sun; morning or afternoon, and could I have permission...

(12-15”) Floral Strain Rainbow Mix is a bright colored blend of coleus. Sow seed on sterilized soil. Features heart-shaped leaves. Do not cover seed. Grow in shade to partial shade.

Lilac 'Scent and Sensibility Pink' is just 3 feet high and spreads 6 feet wide, but this romantic beauty is opulently fragrant and a great landscape attraction. 'Scent and Sensibility' is perfect for low growing border, the city garden, and mixed with...

‘Sugar Shack' is a buttonbush that always has something spectacular on display, from white sweet-scented flowers covered with butterflies in the summer, to bright red fruits all the way to winter.

Color-mad perennial groundcover rolls out a carpet of large, high-definition-color purple blooms on floriferous spikes. Flowering the first year, perennial thrives in heat and drought and thirsty soil.

'Rosie Posie' Agastache - Blooming from early summer to early fall, this plant is both drought-tolerant and deer resistant. Beautiful in a container! Full sun. Grow a garden for your pollinator friends that will have the neighbors green with envy! This...

Beautyberry is a shrub prized for its showy fruit, but this one also sports beautiful purple foliage, all season long. A perfect addition to extend the color show in your garden. Pick a few stems to bring inside for the vase, too!

When the shorter days of fall are upon us, ‘Autumn Gold' busts out sunshine in bright, yellow 2" flowers that continue from September until November or hard frost, long after other sunflowers have called it quits.

We selected this Russian sage because of its strong stems and neat, upright habit. Rocketman produces very aromatic foliage, on strong stems each topped with large, lavender-blue flowers beginning to bloom in mid-summer and lasting through October.

Provide steady moisture in extreme heat. Easy to grow in full sun to part shade, and tolerant of wet conditions. Glossy green leaves turn wine-red in autumn. Clusters of pretty white flowers in spring form an eye-catching mix of pink and powder blue fruits...

Denim and Lace's sturdy, silvery stems are covered with large, fluffy, lavender-blue flowers, complemented by grey-green, aromatic leaves. In Perovskia fashion, plant's stems retain calyxes long after flowers have quit, extending the color pleasure.

Try these flat cushions of dense, moss-green for edging moist, shady nooks in the garden. Easy to maintain, but keep moist during dry spells. Very hardy and deer resistant. Only 1-inch tall, but very fast spreading, with plenty of tiny white flowers in...

The lilac-blue flowers are large, showy and draped on foot-long racemes in enormous grape-like clusters. Vigorous, quick to grow and tirelessly floriferous, this wisteria blooms three times a year, fragrantly flowering from early summer until fall defers...

'Aphrodite' is new improved re-blooming calycanthus with larger flowers, and more intense sweet apple-like fragrance. Pruning is recommended immediately after flowering to maintain shape.

This low-maintenance catmint keeps its blue-green, aromatic leaves neat through the summer. Violet-blue spikes top this low grower, lending a soft, muted feel to the garden. Awarded 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association.

In midsummer, large, lacy heads of hydrangea-like flowers form along this cultivar's self-adhering stems, offering a moonlit display. With lovely pewter mottling on each heart-shaped leaf, this rarity is perfect for illuminating shadowy, difficult sites.

Densely flowering 4-6 ft. Exceptionally hardy reblooming lilac, arrayed with large, rounded, rich-purple inflorescences, makes the perfect landscape plant, attracting frequent butterfly visitors.

Easy to grow in full sun, spirea tolerates a wide range of soils and is deer resistant. Spiraea japonica is superior landscape plant, and best used in borders, cottage gardens or hedges.

An impressionist masterpiece. With a dreamy palette of flowers in glorious shades of soft and vivid pinks, rose, salmon, white, yellow, orange, soft purple and lovely bicolor pattern, Elise makes an indelible impression.

Planting Convallaria pips, or rhizomes, is one of the best ways to cover larger shaded areas. They will thrive in shady and moist areas where they can be combined with hellebores, dicentras and Jack-in-the-Pulpits for continuous color.