General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Trade name information:
Series: Under the Sea™
Trade Name: Bone Fish
Cultivar name: 'Bone Fish'
Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Please compare photos.  Have 2 plants of Bone Fish growing side-b
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2015-09-02
Location: My Garden
Date: 2015-07-03
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2015-10-15
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2015-10-15
It looks a little different in more shade.
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2014-04-26
Newly purchased from greenhouse.
Location: Philadelphia flower show
Date: 2013-03-11
Location: NJ
Date: 2012-06-07
shipment just arrived

Date: 9/1/14
Please compare photos.  Have 2 plants of Bone Fish growing side-b
Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Jan 7, 2022 7:01 PM concerning plant:
    Slightly different round long lobes. Long leaf shape. Bright neon pink/purple-pink center, with a layer of purple-black/purple-maroon layer, and then a bright lime/light-green margin only on the tips.

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