Coleus are hugely popular plants that are grown for their highly decorative and vivid foliage. They are versatile plants and can be added to summer bedding schemes, used as a great container plant for ...

Coleus is a genus of plants that includes a broad, stunning selecting of plants with gorgeous colorful foliage. Here's how to save your favorites for next year.

Every Texas garden needs a splash of color. For decades, the coleus family of annuals has provided that color, but only in the shade where the plants could be protected from the summer sun. But ...

Whether tucked into shady garden beds or grown in sun-dappled containers, coleus plants are loved for their bold, colorful foliage. But when colder weather rolls in, many gardeners start to wonder: ...

July is a difficult month in Bay Area gardens. For a few days, the sun will bake the garden in true summer fashion, and then the fog will rush in, bringing cool, misty weather and a good dose of ...

As summer ends, the coleus is at its peak. These plants are known for their beautiful foliage color versus flowers. It's hard to watch my coleus plants die after the first frost. Thankfully, coleus is ...

When I was growing up on Brooklyn, my mother always had a plant growing near the living room window. The leaves had some color, but weren't very attractive. After a year or two, the plant would die ...

Q: I am a Master Gardener in Emmaus. In summer 2017, I had three large pots of coleus under our maple tree, each pot with a different variety. This summer, I was astonished to see several seedlings ...

In the next few weeks I’m going to begin taking cuttings from plants to propagate and grow in the OPC atrium over the winter. At the top of my list is coleus – I think of them as the Joseph’s coats or ...

Question: Our coleus plants are making lots of growth during summer weather. Should we prune them back at this time? Answer: Rains and hot weather push out lots of growth from colorful coleus ...