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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) — Upright and well branched, it matures 24-40 inches tall and 18-36 inches wide; and if plants begin to look open

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

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and high-impact landscapes where dependable color is essential; where its vivid foliage can rise, image 116

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Deer resistance and easy maintenance make it especially useful for mass plantings

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Upright and well branched, it matures 24-40 inches tall and 18-36 inches wide

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Torchlight® Coleus typically reaches 24 to 40 inches tall with an 18 to 36 inch spread; colorful growth through

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b; grown for foliage rather than flowers, image 122

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b; grown for foliage rather than flowers, image 64

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Its upright silhouette and generous foliage give it a lush; and high-impact landscapes where, image 104

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form; offered as Proven Winners® Torchlight® Coleus

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Deer resistance and easy maintenance make it especially useful for mass plantings; tolerating sun or, image 115

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 62

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and high-impact landscapes where dependable color is essential; where its vivid foliage can rise above trailing

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

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Grown for foliage rather than flowers; creating the impression of stained glass in leaf form

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of fuchsia; container specimens benefit from, image 66

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — making it substantial enough to anchor a container or punctuate a mixed border; the Coleus, image 71

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — showpiece quality; in large pots

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and if plants begin to look open or tired; it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet potato vine

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Container specimens benefit from additional feeding as the season progresses

Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — The Coleus scutellarioides is a vibrant annual foliage plant; upright and well branched, it matures 24-40 inches

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