Coleus are hugely popular plants that are grown for their highly decorative and vivid foliage. They are versatile plants and can be added to summer bedding schemes, used as a great container plant for ...

As summer ends, the coleus is at its peak. These plants are known for their beautiful foliage color versus flowers. It's hard to watch my coleus plants die after the first frost. Thankfully, coleus is ...

July is a difficult month in Bay Area gardens. For a few days, the sun will bake the garden in true summer fashion, and then the fog will rush in, bringing cool, misty weather and a good dose of ...

The full growth time-lapse of coleus plants which were started from seeds and grew till flowers. We started by sowing 2 tiny ...

Every Texas garden needs a splash of color. For decades, the coleus family of annuals has provided that color, but only in the shade where the plants could be protected from the summer sun. But ...

Coleus is considered the "comeback kid" or more accurately, the comeback garden plant. When I was growing up, it was a popular plant but then you did not hear much about coleus for a long time. Today, ...

Coleus is the plant we think we know -- which is exactly why most people haven't caught up with its glamorous modern makeover. A tropical species known for its color-splashed foliage, it was last in ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Coleus is a ...

It is spring. As the colors of spring multiply and cheer, we step into plant arenas, garden centers. About three weeks ago, clad in a colorful coleus shirt, Chris Baker of Baker's Acres stepped up to ...

I brought in some coleus last fall per your suggestion and am finding the new growth has lost a lot of the vibrant color it had in the garden last year. Is there something I need to do differently to ...

Question. Our coleus plants have developed cottony material on the underside of the leaves and stems. Will this harm the plants, as some appear to be dying? Answer. Regretfully you are now seeing the ...