General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Plant Height: 12 - 18 inches
Plant Spread: 9 - 15 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: 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: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
Also sold as:
  • 'Bonfire'

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Date: 2009-08-02
Zone 4 Wisconsin

Date: 2009-09-05
Zone 4 Wisconsin

Date: Mar 30, 2010 8:54 PM
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-07-11
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-04-23

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