General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 16 inches - 20 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Trade name information:
Series: Premium Sun®
Trade Name: Watermelon
Cultivar name: 'Watermelon'
Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Photo by LorettaNJ
Location: My garden 
Date: 2022-09-01
Coleus Watermelon

Date: 2008-06-25

Date: 2009-08-12
Zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-10-28
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-06-28

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  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-10-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-10-24
Location: South Carolina 
Date: 2016-03-30
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 4000-02-25
Location: Morganville Flower Farm, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: My Cincinnati, Ohio garden
Date: July 2011
Coleus
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-07-16
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2011-07-13
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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ahhhhh love this coleus! by Boopaints Oct 20, 2011 11:30 AM 1
I love these colors! by vic Jan 27, 2012 7:49 AM 0

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