Data specific to Coleus (Edit)
Color Effect: Red
Purple
Variegation: Bi-Color: Edge Band

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: 9-12 inches
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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Common names
  • Coleus
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Location: In my garden, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-05-27
Location: Front Garden, Maryland Zone 7a
Date: 2015-02-03
Coleus Black Dragon
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2018-08-22
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens 
Date: 2011-10-05
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-03-28
kissed by the early morning rain
Location: central Illinois
Date: 8-12-19
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-03-21
lightly sprinkled with pollen
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-03-21
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-03-21
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-05-07

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Lincoln
Date: 2021-08-22
Finally seeing the fruits of my labor
Location: Lincoln
Date: 2021-08-22
Love seeing the start of the flowers coming through
Location: Twisp
Date: July
From seed
Location: Twisp
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-30
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2021-08-06
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-07-15
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-05-07

Date: 2012-08-06

Date: 2012-08-06

Date: 2012-08-06
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-07-04
Location: Lenore, ID
Date: 4-18-2015
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2018-07-15
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Comments:
  • Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 2, 2015 11:50 PM concerning plant:
    There is no coleus like Black Dragon. I just love it. I let mine grow three feet tall and two feet wide this year. Seed I planted was saved seed, so there was variegation in the seedlings, but only in the magenta stripe: some of the seedlings showed it more prominently than others. I saved seed from the biggest and darkest.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On February 18, 2020 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On March 3, 2018 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On February 7, 2017 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On March 11, 2016 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 5, 2016 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On February 15, 2015 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 11, 2015 Seeds sown
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