Coleus in containers: As in the flower garden, coleus can be used with other plants, or you could fill an entire container with coleus, either one kind or a variety. If they are movable, containers ...

Whether tucked into shady garden beds or grown in sun-dappled containers, coleus plants are loved for their bold, colorful foliage. But when colder weather rolls in, many gardeners start to wonder: ...

Find out why coleus plants are popular annuals for gardeners and why you should add this easy-care plant to your garden.

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 ...

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 king of the garden as the National Garden Bureau proclaims 2015 as the year of the coleus. The bureau selects three plants each year to receive its spotlight awards — one edible, one ...

Garden writer Ray Rogers doesn't live here, but his favorite plant, the coleus, does. In fact, he says, it's perfectly suited to the Pacific Northwest. The plant, known for its foliage, is ...

About five years ago coleus was huge. Every landscape designer was using huge plants in huge designs. Container designers were using it by itself, and in a huge variety of combinations with annuals ...

When shopping for plants to fill containers, geraniums, marigolds, New Guinea impatiens, petunias, salvia, zinnias and other flowering annuals quickly fill our carts. These are all good choices; many ...

Shady corners of a garden can provide a headache at the best of times. When that shady spot is only suitable for containers it means two factors you need to consider, they need to be happy in pots and ...