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: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Location: Hosta kitchen garden, morning sun only.
Date: 2013-0807
Blends nicely with Obsidian heuchera, and other plants at the fro
Location: Work area
Date: 2012-0921
Shown in shade.
Location: Work area
Date: 2012-0921
Shown in full sun.
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: October 2013
Location: Work area
Date: 2012-0921
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Comments:
  • Posted by pirl (Southold, Long Island, NY - Zone 7a) on Aug 28, 2014 2:28 PM concerning plant:
    Goes to seed very fast! I keep pinching, but it's a job to keep up with it.

    Appears green with black in photos, but it's actually a dark wine, not black.

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