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 pumilus
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2011
Trailing rose spilling over the sidewalk
Location: Hampton, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-15
Photo by Calif_Sue
Location: My Garden
Date: 2012-09-13

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: September 2011
Trailing rose spilling out of a hanging basket
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2006-08-03
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Cincinnati, Oh
Date: August 2011
Traailing rose
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Comments:
  • Posted by kqcrna (Valencia, Pa - Zone 6a) on Sep 30, 2011 3:06 PM concerning plant:
    Trailing rose is my most versatile, and probably most used coleus. It does well in full, hot sun or in shade. It is a hearty grower and seems impossible to kill even with abuse. It's lovely trailing out of a pot or hanging basket. Its bright rose color really "pops"!

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