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Torchlight® Coleus

Coleus scutellarioides

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Overview

The Coleus scutellarioides is a vibrant annual foliage plant, offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus, with fuchsia, maroon-purple, red, pink, and green tricolor leaves. Upright and well branched, it matures 24-40 inches tall and 18-36 inches wide. Grow in sun or shade with well-drained soil and average water; it is easy, heat tolerant, and deer resistant. Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b.

Water Medium
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — The Coleus scutellarioides is a vibrant annual foliage plant
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grown for foliage rather than flowers; creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form, image 126Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus; uninterrupted season of color without the need for, image 89Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — colorful growth through the heat of summer; making it substantial enough to anchor a container or punctuate aTorchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grown for foliage rather than flowers; creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form, image 97Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — provided it receives average moisture and well-drained soil; it is not especially fussyTorchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is hardy in USDA Zones 10a to 11b; well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of, image 72+139

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
2–3.3333333 Ft.
Mature width
1.5–3 Ft.

Classification

Family
Lamiaceae

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Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — The Coleus scutellarioides is a vibrant annual foliage plant
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grown for foliage rather than flowers; creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form, image 126
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus; uninterrupted season of color without the need for, image 89
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — colorful growth through the heat of summer; making it substantial enough to anchor a container or punctuate a
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grown for foliage rather than flowers; creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form, image 97
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — provided it receives average moisture and well-drained soil; it is not especially fussy
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is hardy in USDA Zones 10a to 11b; well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of, image 72
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — colorful growth through the heat of summer; making it substantial enough to anchor a container or, image 81
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Container specimens benefit from additional feeding as the season progresses; provided it receives, image 82
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is not especially fussy
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus; its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Upright and well branched, it matures 24-40 inches tall and 18-36 inches wide; and if plants begin to, image 120
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — making it substantial enough to anchor a container or punctuate a mixed border; the Coleus scutellarioides is a
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — showpiece quality; in large pots; commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus, image 76
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — colorful growth through the heat of summer
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form; offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus, image 96
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — where it may be grown as a tender perennial
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — where it may be grown as a tender perennial, image 44
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of fuchsia; container specimens benefit from, image 124
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — provided it receives average moisture and well-drained soil; it is not especially fussy, image 107
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — where its vivid foliage can rise above trailing annuals and finer textures
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and high-impact landscapes where dependable color is essential

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