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 ...

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: ...

Garden Variety is an occasional column about growing plants without grief. On the sunniest Deep South day, wisely planted under the dark green backdrop of a shady tree, a clump of coleus will shimmer ...

We grow coleus for its fabulous foliage, so once flower buds start to form, pinch them off. Don’t forget coleuses are among the easiest plants to propagate by cutting. Whether you garden in the ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Coleus is a ...

A green backdrop of shrubs is beautiful with colorful plants growing in front. Not to mention, in shady locations, colorful plants brighten up the area. The plants that I am thinking of for this ...

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 ...

Is coleus a perennial that comes back every year? That depends on where you live and how you care for it. When growing coleus plants for their lovely foliage in containers and garden beds, you may be ...