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Coleus - Solenostemon

Coleus is both beautiful and versatile. These shady varieties thrive beneath tall or leggy shrubs as well as in those dark garden patches that desperately need some color! For garden use, plant in moist soil and keep it moistened throughout the growing season. Try planting among ornamental grasses and other shade-loving green-leafed plants. The contrast will amaze you! And Coleus is a fabulous houseplant that will brighten up your home in winter with some dazzling foliage!  The Proven Selection varieties are bigger, flower infrequently and are apt to tolerate full sun.  These new varieties are vegetatively propagated, and have revolutionized container gardens with heir vivid foliage colors.

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Common Name:  Coleus  'Carefree Mix'
Botanical Name : Solenostemon scutellariodes  

Dazzling Oak-shaped Leaves in Brilliant Reds, Greens, and Golds!  Tired of heart-shaped Coleus? This is the mix you want--foot-tall plants with huge, deeply lobed leaves in rich colors!  Very uniform in shape within the series, each plant is a bit different both in coloration and in leaf shape, so that a large garden planting is particularly attention-getting. And no houseplant is as dramatic (or as easy to grow and care for)! A pleasingly unique Coleus.  


Common Name: Coleus  'El Brighto'
Botanical Name : Solenostemon scutellariodes

Eggplant and chili-pepper-red serrated leaves edged in yellow give this plant a distinctive look.  


 

Common Name: Coleus  'Freckles'
Botanical Name : Solenostemon scutellariodes

This award winning Coleus can create an attention getting look in your gardens or containers with its bronze and orange splotches on yellow to lime-green foliage.  


 

Common Name: Coleus  'Wizard Scarlet'
Botanical Name : Solenostemon scutellariodes

Large heart-shaped leaves feature rich bronze-red with pale green edging.    This annual grows to 12" with multiple base branches to make a beautiful cluster.  Prefers full sun or part shade.  Makes beautiful accent to containers, hanging baskets and garden bed borders.  Can also be grown as a house plant if placed where it can get some sunlight.  No pinching required.  



 

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