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) — where it may be grown as a tender perennial, image 73

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) — but in most climates it is enjoyed as a vigorous annual from spring until frost; but incorporating a, image 74

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — provided it receives average moisture and well-drained soil; it is not especially fussy, image 78

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) — showpiece quality; in large pots; commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus, image 76

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) — but incorporating a controlled-release fertilizer at planting helps sustain dense; hardy in USDA, image 80

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — It is not especially fussy; deer resistance and easy maintenance make it especially useful for mass, image 79

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) — and if plants begin to look open or tired; it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet, image 83

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet potato vine; torchlight® Coleus typically, image 85

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) — and high-impact landscapes where dependable color is essential; where its vivid foliage can rise, image 87

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 91

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and green tricolor leaves; showpiece quality; in large pots, image 90

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) — Grow in sun or shade with well-drained soil and average water; it is easy, heat tolerant, and deer, image 92

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus; uninterrupted season of color without the need for, image 89

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — commonly referred to as Torchlight® Coleus; its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush, image 94

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b; grown for foliage rather than flowers, image 93

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of fuchsia; container specimens benefit from, image 95

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — uninterrupted season of color without the need for deadheading; but in most climates it is enjoyed as, image 98

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