Coleus Wizard

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.

This impressive variety performs well in planters and small space gardens in both sun and shade. Great for planting in combinations with impatiens and begonias. Coleus, Chocolate Covered Cherry displays one of the best foliage patterns – the rose center...

Coleus is unrivalled when it comes to infusing the shady mid-border with succulent, sensuous textured foliage drenched with high-allure color. ‘Pineapple Surprise' seduces at first glance with a flourish of iridescent tricolor leaves with chartreuse...

Foliage plant that will fill the garden with color. Disease free and easy to grow, perfect for south and south-east climates with hot and humid summers. Velvety chocolate leaves are punctuated perfectly along the rim with bright green.

A mixture of many colors, please see picture for color idea. Compact, late flower Coleus! Requires no pinching! Reaches 10 to 12 inches high at maturity, showing color just 8 weeks from sowing.

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.

Large heart-shaped leaves. GARDEN HINTS: Likes evenly moist soil. Compact and bushy, they need no pinching and resists flowering. Coleus turns shady areas into kaleidoscopes of color.

Produce low-key show of blue-to white nettlelike flowers in late summer. Well-branched, vigorous, upright 18-26” tall plants will tolerate sun in hot, humid summers. ‘Olive Mosaic's enchanting, multicolored oblate leaves, with their hand-painted look,...

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

Well, if you've read many of my articles or books, then you know I am someone with a curious interest in unusual things – especially in the garden. This was indeed something I wanted not only to grow but to share its unusual beauty with others.is just...

(Never let the bottom of the pot stand directly in water.)Pinch the tips of the plant frequently to keep it bushy. Winter temperatures should be cooler, but don't expose the plant to temperatures below 50 F.

Growing 10-12 in. Tall, the compact, bushy plants are easy to grow in shaded areas. Mix of 12 coleous varieties adds colorful foliage to front borders and containers.

They need to be kept moist, especially newly planted coleus. Coleus also have a wide variety of leaf sizes and overall shapes. They have some of the most stunningly colored foliage—in combinations of green, yellow, pink, red, maroon, etc.

Mixing the seeds with fine sand before sowing can help you to spread the seeds more evenly with a bit more of a gap between the seeds.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });After you have spread the coleus seeds,...

Keep them moist in bright, indirect light for about six weeks, at which time they should have enough root growth for transplanting to larger pots. Then place the newly potted plants in a sunny location, such as a south- or southeast-facing window, and...

Is a fantastic plant for adding color to your garden or house. They also work very well in. But how do you grow coleus in pots? On top of that, it's extremely well suited to growing in containers.

The plant knows it will die if continued exposure to unfavorable conditions continues, so it blooms to produce seed. Use scissors, pruners or just pinch off the growth on slender stems.

Ordering by mail is often a good way to get less expensive plants or a wider selection.Check PlantScout or the DG Classifieds this spring. At local nurseries, Sun Coleus are often specialty items in larger $5 or $10 pots.

Wild excitement surrounded the introduction of new varieties complete with auction sales at exorbitant prices. Easy to grow and inexpensive,Coleus has become a gardener's highspot!

The shelf life in the pack is relatively long, without stretching, and the garden performance is superior due to the dwarf basal branching plant habit. Oval to heart-shaped leaves in a charming color range.

The shelf life in the pack is relatively long, without stretching, and the garden performance is superior due to the dwarf basal branching plant habit. Oval to heart-shaped leaves in a nice color range.

In this box were 2-3 cuttings each of about a dozen different kinds of coleus. Then I did the same thing a few inches above that, staggering each of the holes so that once planted, the sides would be covered.

They are grown primarily for their leaves, and both do well in shade, many of them in full shade and some newer ones in full sun. There are somebetween coleus and perilla coming into the horticultural market.Unless otherwise noted, coleus photos are courtesy...

The shelf life in the pack is relatively long, without stretching, and the garden performance is superior due to the dwarf basal branching plant habit. Oval to heart-shaped leaves in a charming color range.

Coleus used as houseplants can be started any time. It is best not to place the flat in full sun. Listed below is only a sample of coleus cultivars; you will find them and many others inhas leaves that are burgundy to purple with yellow-green and red...

Hiding behind a tall shrub, I stretched out on the grass to wait and found myself nose down in a patch of tiny blue florets. So small and delicate, they seemed to disintegrate when I tried to pick them.

The shelf life in the pack is relatively long, without stretching, and the garden performance is superior due to the dwarf basal branching plant habit. Oval to heart-shaped leaves in a charming color range.