Coleus leaves range from less than an inch ('Thumbelina') to 18 inches ('Kong'), and unless you want your plant to shoot up, go to seed and call it quits, you have to pinch the center several times a ...

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: ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As if 2020 couldn’t get more challenging, I have now run head on into a conundrum on coleus, or to ...

As if 2020 couldn’t have been more challenging, I have now run head on into a conundrum on coleus or to put it more succinctly a perplexity on pinching. First a little jaunt into my history with ...

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 ...

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 ...

A perfect location for overwintering coleus plants is warm, bright, and away from cold drafts. Lydia Beaumont, gardening ...

Garden Variety is an occasional column about growing plants without grief. On the sunniest Deep South day, wisely planted under the dark green backdrop of a shady tree, a clump of coleus will shimmer ...

There is an inferno of color this spring coming from a coleus that has a lot going for it. The Inferno coleus is relatively new, but already it has heads turning especially when you consider that in ...

As if 2020 couldn’t get more challenging, I have now run head on into a conundrum on coleus or to put it more succinctly a perplexity on pinching. New coleus don’t need their flowers pinched to ...