Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multi-coloured coleus leaves Coleus are hugely popular plants that are grown for their highly decorative and vivid foliage. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shade-loving trailing coleus is perfect for hanging baskets or containers in shady spots or indoors. Coleus doesn’t handle frost ...

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 ...

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, ...

Mostly grown as annuals, coleus are low-maintenance plants with attractive foliage. What makes coleus so popular is its versatility: the plants are easy to grow, stay vibrant in both sun and shade, ...

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 ...

Gardeners rely on flowers to bring color to containers, borders, and landscape beda, but coleus might make you reconsider everything because these will bring unbelievable color without producing a ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Ornamentals: Coleus thrives from spring to fall and may even persist into winter. The plant is somewhat tricky to grow since it burns in too much sun and ...

Coleus are a versatile plant that even people with so-called brown thumbs can grow. Prized in Victorian gardens, their popularity has waxed and waned over the years. With the introduction of newer ...

Shadows from buildings and trees may dampen the color of a garden, making it look less vibrant than it actually is. Adding extra color to your shady garden beds is one way to remedy the problem, but ...

If you are looking for some hot color for a cool, shady garden, consider coleus. Native to Southeast Asia, coleus quickly rose to popularity during Victorian era gardening. Later on, it became a ...