Coleus Garden Design
The coleus plant height is 50 8ocm and the cultivated seedlings are mostly controlled below 3ocm.
Coleus garden design. See more ideas about plants foliage planting flowers. Apr 11 2012 wonderful foliage bursting with color and adding contrast to gardens and containers. Annuals are easy to grow and offer brightly colored flowers for instant impact.
Coleus plant care varieties garden design. Coleus is a perennial herb. The old plant can grow into a sub shrubby plant but the plant shape is ugly and the ornamental value is low so it is mostly cultivated for one or two years.
A vigorous grower reaching 2 to 3 feet tall and wide campfire is perfect for garden borders or large containers. In this planting note how the almost black centers of inky fingers pick up on the dark tones of red sensation cordyline while the green edges of the coleus echo the variegated palm sedge. To decide which plants to try in your own garden take a closer look at these popular annuals in our photo gallery.
Under dryer conditions partial shade is recommended to prevent leaf scorching. Coleus plants how to grow and propagate a painted nettle coleus garden helper gardening questions and answers an easy to understand guide to growing and caring for a coleus or painted nettle plant in your garden or as a house plant with guides to propagation light and watering requirements photo and growing tips. Coleus leaves range from one to six inches long and also come in many different shapes and sizes.
The ember like appearance of the bright coppery orange leaves was inspiration enough for the name campfire. Morphological characteristics of coleus. This variety is adaptable to full sun conditions where there is high humidity.
Learn how to care for coleus plants in your garden and discover colorful coleus varieties to add to shady beds sunny borders and containers. Apr 21 2019 explore joan irwin s board gardens coleus on pinterest. The essential oils they contain are toxic to dogs cats and other animals.

