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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

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) — Torchlight® Coleus typically reaches 24 to 40 inches tall with an 18 to 36 inch spread; colorful, image 70
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form; offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus, image 67
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus; uninterrupted season of color without the need for deadheading
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of fuchsia; container specimens benefit from additional
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — tolerating sun or shade with equal confidence; it is hardy in USDA Zones 10a to 11b, image 77
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet potato vine; torchlight® Coleus typically, image 114
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet potato vine; torchlight® Coleus typically, image 85
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — where its vivid foliage can rise above trailing annuals and finer textures; grow in sun or shade with, image 84
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — but in most climates it is enjoyed as a vigorous annual from spring until frost; but incorporating a, image 103
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Container specimens benefit from additional feeding as the season progresses; provided it receives, image 111
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus; its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush, image 123
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Deer resistance and easy maintenance make it especially useful for mass plantings; tolerating sun or, image 86
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — but in most climates it is enjoyed as a vigorous annual from spring until frost; but incorporating a, image 74
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Torchlight® Coleus typically reaches 24 to 40 inches tall with an 18 to 36 inch spread; colorful, image 99
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — tolerating sun or shade with equal confidence; it is hardy in USDA Zones 10a to 11b, image 106
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — uninterrupted season of color without the need for deadheading; but in most climates it is enjoyed as, image 69
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b; grown for foliage rather than flowers, image 93
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus; its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush, image 65
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — where it may be grown as a tender perennial, image 73
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grow in sun or shade with well-drained soil and average water; it is easy, heat tolerant, and deer resistant; and
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is hardy in USDA Zones 10a to 11b
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — The Coleus scutellarioides is a vibrant annual foliage plant; upright and well branched, it matures, image 88
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and green tricolor leaves; showpiece quality; in large pots, image 61
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is not especially fussy; deer resistance and easy maintenance make it especially useful for mass, image 108

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