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 ...

When I was growing up on Brooklyn, my mother always had a plant growing near the living room window. The leaves had some color, but weren't very attractive. After a year or two, the plant would die ...

Talk about a serendipitous moment. On my recent tour, I was really impressed by how well coleus were used throughout the Naples Botanical Garden as colorful borders, only to come home and read that ...

Heat and high humidity are taking their toll on many of our flowering plants, and some are starting to look a little worn out. You might consider trying coleus because it seems to thrive under these ...

When you think of the incredible colors of a summer garden you think flowers, right? But exuberant color doesn’t always need dazzling flowers and shimmering summer sunshine. You can have displays of ...

For many of us, a passion for flowers drew us into gardening in the first place. In time, even the most ardent lover of all things petaled realizes that a garden based only on blossoms is missing ...

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 ...

Pairing coleus with plants of different or complementary textures, colors, and shapes helps create layered yards that look professionally designed. Choosing the right companions can turn ordinary ...

Last year, I became a coleus convert. Walking up a gentle incline to an ornamentals exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden one day in September, I rounded a corner by the garden cafe to confront ...

The annual that will give fabulous leaf color until the first frost has to be the coleus. Now in more than 600 varieties from either cuttings or seeds, the coleus today stands far removed from your ...

When you think of the incredible colors of a summer garden you think flowers, right? But exuberant color doesn’t always need dazzling flowers and shimmering summer sunshine. You can have displays of ...