General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 - 16 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
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: ColorBlaze®
Trade Name: Dark Star
Cultivar name: 'Dark Star'
Common names
  • Coleus
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

Photo Gallery
Location: West Central Tx 
Date: 2023-06-13
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2017-08-10

Date: 2014-01-22
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14
Location: Nursery on Cape Cod.
Date: 2014-0911
Location: Nursery on Cape Cod.
Date: 2014-0911
Location: Nursery on Cape Cod.
Date: 2014-0911

Date: 2014-06-18
Location: Block's Farm Market, Romulus, MI
Date: 2009-05-14
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-06-18
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2009-06-18
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Apr 29, 2012
Tagawa Nursery
Location: Nursery on Cape Cod.
Date: 2014-0911
Location: Nursery on Cape Cod.
Date: 2014-0911

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