Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Variegation: Multi-Color: Flared
Leaf Size: Small (¾"-1½")
Average (1½"-3")
Habit: Upright
Sun Tolerance: Filtered/Shifting
Full Morning
Full Day

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Variegated
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Coleus
  • Flame Nettle
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides

Photo Gallery
Location: Mooresville, NC
Date: 2020-07-06
Wonderful foliage and a great container plant.
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: Summer 2009
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-04-26
Newly purchased from greenhouse.
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-05-25

Date: 2012-03-19
Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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