General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 15 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flower Time: Fall
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip

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Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides

Photo Gallery
Location: NJ
Date: 2009-06-23
Grown with some sun with Golda. Sunlight brightens the plant. Gre
Location: American Fork, UT
Location: My zone 9 part sun patio
Date: 2020-01-12
From seeds & a favorite for unique splashes
Location: Zone 4 Wisconsin
Date: 2009-07-31
Dexter is the light colored one in the center
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2011
Coleus Dexter, started from a cutting a few weeks ago.
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Date: August 2011
Coleus Dexter
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: August 2009
Dexter is yellow with deep red bloches in sun

Date: 2009-08-12
Zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2011
Dexter (green with purple streaks) in my landscape
Location: Sun garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2009-07-03
Full sun color is yellow
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Coleus by valleylynn Oct 10, 2011 10:53 AM 2

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