General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 20-26''
Plant Spread: 12-14''
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: coleus cuttings root easly in water and will grow there for a long time.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Twist and Twirl™
Cultivar name: 'Twist and Twirl'
Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Location: Front shade container
Date: June 2015
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-08-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31
Location: Litchfield, NH
Date: 2014-03-09
Overwintered plant cutting
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-31

Date: 2009-08-02
Zone 4 Wisconsin

Date: 2009-08-02
Zone 4 Wisconsin
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2009-05-20
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Coleus by Oberon46 Apr 28, 2012 8:16 AM 0
Nice by poisondartfrog Jun 30, 2015 5:40 PM 1

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