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: ...

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 ...

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 green backdrop of shrubs is beautiful with colorful plants growing in front. Not to mention, in shady locations, colorful plants brighten up the area. The plants that I am thinking of for this ...

If you kept a coleus from last year's garden as a houseplant, you can still start cuttings for transplanting outside if you would like to increase the numbers of plants. Use a sharp, clean knife or a ...

Gardeners are a curious, rebellious group. We thrive on the exotic and tend to avoid plants that are either familiar, easy to grow, or both. How else to explain the relative absence of coleus from our ...

Growing plants in containers is a delighgtful way to bring greenery indoors, add height to landscape beds, and deliver color to porches and patios. Beyond their aesthetic appeal, container plants are ...

While waiting impatiently for the weather to warm and the soil to dry enough to walk on, I’ve been going over my records from last year’s collection of plants I used in the display garden at the ...

Coleus plants will be big at this year’s Lawn and Garden Show. … Also, little, frilly, colorful and funky. Wallace’s Garden Center, Bettendorf, is supplying plants for the show and among the offerings ...