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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) — well-branched habit carries a luminous tricolor pattern of fuchsia; container specimens benefit from, image 95
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and if plants begin to look open or tired; it brings depth and contrast beside chartreuse sweet, image 112
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — colorful growth through the heat of summer; making it substantial enough to anchor a container or, image 110
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — but incorporating a controlled-release fertilizer at planting helps sustain dense; hardy in USDA, image 109
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — Container specimens benefit from additional feeding as the season progresses; provided it receives average
Torchlight® Coleus (Coleus scutellarioides) — and green tricolor leaves; showpiece quality; in large pots
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