Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Color Effect: Green
Pink
Cream
Variegation: Multi-Color: Speckled
Habit: Mound
Sun Tolerance: Filtered/Shifting

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Trade name information:
Series: Terra Nova®
Trade Name: Jitters
Cultivar name: 'Terra Nova Jitters'
Common names
  • Coleus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

Photo Gallery
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-04-01
Variant that lacks the pink-blotches.
Location: Fairfax, VA
Date: 2022-03-29
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: Fairfax, VA
Note long leaves
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-07-31
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-03

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