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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Common names
  • Coleus
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides

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Location: deck railing planter, Maryland Zone 7a
Date: 8/13/2014
coleus Fairway Rose in planter

Date: Aug 25, 2009 10:29 PM
Location: master garden sale
Date: 2017-04-07
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lovesblooms On February 25, 2017 Seeds germinated
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