Description
Coleus is an excellent houseplant that will add color to those dreary winter days. In the garden, its white, bronze, gold, copper, yellow, pink, red, and purple foliage will brighten up shady areas that typically are hard to grow flowers in! Also great for containers and planters!
Variety Info
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Native: Asia, Australia, and the Pacific
- Hardiness: Perennial in USDA zones 11 and warmer. Frost-sensitive; typically grown as an annual.
- Exposure: Part shade
- Plant Dimensions: 12"–36" tall, 6"–18" wide
- Variety Info: Colorful foliage which includes chartreuse, white, bronze, gold, copper, yellow, pink, red, purple, and green
- Attributes: Good for Containers, Deer Resistant, Frost Sensitive
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date for transplanting outside; any time of year when grown as a houseplant. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 70°–80°F.
- Days to Emerge: 15–20 days
- Seed Depth: Press into surface
- Seed Spacing: A group of 2–3 seeds every 6"–12"
- Thinning: When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 6"–12"
Description
Coleus is an excellent houseplant that will add color to those dreary winter days. In the garden, its white, bronze, gold, copper, yellow, pink, red, and purple foliage will brighten up shady areas that typically are hard to grow flowers in! Also great for containers and planters!
Variety Info
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Native: Asia, Australia, and the Pacific
- Hardiness: Perennial in USDA zones 11 and warmer. Frost-sensitive; typically grown as an annual.
- Exposure: Part shade
- Plant Dimensions: 12"–36" tall, 6"–18" wide
- Variety Info: Colorful foliage which includes chartreuse, white, bronze, gold, copper, yellow, pink, red, purple, and green
- Attributes: Good for Containers, Deer Resistant, Frost Sensitive
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date.
- When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date for transplanting outside; any time of year when grown as a houseplant. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 70°–80°F.
- Days to Emerge: 15–20 days
- Seed Depth: Press into surface
- Seed Spacing: A group of 2–3 seeds every 6"–12"
- Thinning: When 1" tall, thin to 1 every 6"–12"