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: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2021-09-15
Kiwi Fern Coleus among other coleus
Location: In my garden
Date: Sep 25, 2011 5:00 AM
Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: North Central TX Zone 8a
Date: 2018-06-17
Love these bright colored leaves.
Uploaded by Calif_Sue
Location: all photos from my gardens
Date: 2018-08-27
Location: My yard, Zone 6
Date: 2004-06-14
Location: central Illinois
Date: 3-20-15
cutting potted and over-wintered in basement
Location: my garden 
Date: 2016-09-21
Location: My yard, Zone 6
Date: 2004-06-14
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-07-20

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: My backyard.
Date: 2014-08-05

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