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Freeport Gardening Guide: Coleus Plants

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Coleus Plants

Coleus Seeds, Pinto Mix:

Description: One of the most colorful coleus blends we have ever seen! This selection is a neon rainbow of leafy loveliness and beauty. Super low-maintenance ornamental that can be grown in shade or sun and treated as a landscape plant or a house plant. The colors in this mix are bold, with magentas, hot pinks, and lime greens. Foliage has softly scalloped edges with some having picotee colors. Coleus were a poplar favorite in Victorian times, and they still bring vibrant beauty to almost any garden of any size, adding color for spring, summer, and fall.

Pinto Mix Coleus leaves arranged on a white background.

 

Coleus Seeds, Colocha Rose:

Description: Here is something completely new and fantastic in coleus! Deeply scalloped edges boost the octane of the brilliant, bright tropical colors of hot-pink centers with chartreuse that borders to the unique leaf margins. These plants have a compact and tidy 12-inch-tall full and bushy habit, making them ideal for beds, borders, en masse planting and of course, pots and other containers. A new favorite in our display gardens at Baker Creek, these make a bold statement!

A Colocha Rose Coleus plant in pot sitting on the front porch of the Baker Creek Seed Store.

 

Coleus Seeds, Colocha Sunset:

Description: A burst of tropical sunset colors and busy, frilled leaf edges makes this one a unique and eye-catching coleus! These 12-inch-tall plants are compact and tidy with a full and bushy habit, and the foliage is reminiscent of tie dye with a kaleidoscope of colors. This ornamental has gotten tons of praise in the display gardens at Baker Creek, and it will stop you right in your tracks! Excellent for beds, borders, container gardens, or anywhere needing a pop of color!

Colocha Sunset Coleus in a terra cotta pot on a white background.

 

Coleus Seeds, Folia Mosaic:

Description: These tidy foliage plants have bold and bright marbling in iguana green and burgundy. Excellent for containers, window boxes, beds, and borders.

Folia Mosaic Coleus growing in the gardens at Baker Creek.

 

Coleus Seeds, Folia Picasso:

Description: Marbling of lime green and hot pink make this the most groovy coleus! These very colorful foliage plants are excellent for containers, window boxes, beds, borders, or anywhere in need of a vibrant splash of color.

Folia Picasso Coleus plant in pot sitting on the front porch of the Baker Creek Seed Store.

 

Coleus Seeds, Folia Sunset:

Description: A deeply dramatic blend of crimson and mahogany sunset tones. These tidy plants are excellent for containers, window boxes, beds, and borders.

A close-up view of Folia Sunset Coleus on textured light background.

 

Coleus Seeds, Folia Velvet:

Description: Roll out the red carpet with this lush crimson beauty! A splash of bold red and burgundy make this variety extra dramatic. These colorful and compact foliage plants are excellent for containers, window boxes, beds, and borders.

A potted Folia Velvet Coleus plant on a high key background.

 

Spun Glass Coleus Seeds & Plants:

Description: A little pattern play for interesting, unexpected variety.  Leaves with a magic touch. Resembling artfully drawn ink strokes, striking plum-colored veins trace a branching path through each contrasting lime green leaf. Positively eye-popping pattern on foliage that brings sophisticated depth to patios and middle borders.

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Watermelon Coleus Seeds & Plants:

Description: Part shade favorite with high contrast color.  Bright, luscious color splashes across every leaf of this coleus, adding high contrast color to the partially shaded spots in the garden. Watermelon pink fills the leaf center as veins of magenta reach out into a lime green edge. A luminous display equally at home in beds or containers.

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Giant Leaf Mix Coleus Seeds:

Description: A beauteous medley of rich, sensuous color.  Rich Mediterranean colors on a grand scale; the plants boast leaves up to 8" long. The mix of coleus enchants with its variations of pattern, detail and color, with sensuous shades of copper, orange, and nearly black.

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Wizard Mixed Colors Coleus Seeds:

Description: Thrives in containers and shady beds.  Let this impressive beauty work some magic in your containers and shady beds. Coleus turns shady areas into kaleidoscopes of color. Large heart-shaped leaves. Compact and bushy, they need no pinching and resists flowering. GARDEN HINTS: Likes evenly moist soil.

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Pineapple Surprise Coleus Seeds & Plants:

Description: Sensuous textured foliage drenched with high-allure color.  Coleus is unrivalled when it comes to infusing the shady mid-border with succulent, sensuous textured foliage drenched with high-allure color. ‘Pineapple Surprise’ seduces at first glance with a flourish of iridescent tricolor leaves with chartreuse and burgundy hearts marbled with chocolate brown. Vigorous 26 inch plants retain their color and painterly pattern in sun or shade over a long season, ready to add cool fire to the middle border or large containers. Robust, disease-resistant plants, while thriving in heat and humidity, look their colorful best when kept moist.

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Chocolate Covered Cherry Coleus Seeds:

Description: Non-fading bold pattern for sun and shade.  Coleus, Chocolate Covered Cherry displays one of the best foliage patterns – the rose center on each leaf is surrounded by deep mahogany and edged with a thin green margin. This impressive variety performs well in planters and small space gardens in both sun and shade. Great for planting in combinations with impatiens and begonias.

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Coral Candy Coleus Plants:

Description: Beautifully bold foliage in a compact, container-friendly plant.  One jagged little thrill. Thin coral pink serrated leaves are tinged with green, falling in a graceful, mounded form, The dramatic foliage even keeps its color in full sun. A compact plant bred to electrify small-space gardens and containers—try mixing with trailing plants.

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MixMasters Fire and Spice Coleus Plants:

Description: Easy-to-grow, fabulous, colorful coleus combo delivers foliage magic.  Dazzling multi-colored coleus lights up the border and patio containers in sun and shade. Three-color foliar mix’s sharply lobed leaves are paragons of coleus color power. Compelling 16–18" plants are easy to grow, adapting happily to a full range of conditions.

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Electric Lime Coleus Plants:

Description: Neon green and yellow foliage glows in sun or shade.  Vibrant, juicy foliage rolls out a carpet of incandescent yellow-green in the summer border. Serrated leaves with distinctive chartreuse veining excel in sun or glow in the shade, as a focal point or as supporting foliage for splashy flowers. Versatile, easy-upkeep plants are prime candidates for containers. Feel the neon glow.

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Copperhead Coleus Plants:

Description: Bold foliage makes a statement in sun or shade.  Compact plants add striking color and texture to landscaping, even in shady areas. Chestnut-red foliage fans out to a ruffled, light-green outline – an eye-catching contrast! High-impact and fuss-free, this coleus is ideal for container plantings on small patios and balconies.

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Spitfire Coleus Plants

Description: Ignite containers with bright hues and intriguing texture.  This striking coleus sets containers ablaze with bright, colorful flair. Leaves have hot-pink centers that mellow into splashes of rich burgundy and cool lime-green tips. Low-maintenance and perfect for growing in smaller spaces.

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Inferno Coleus Plants:

Description: Low-maintenance, high-impact plants are perfect for containers or massed in the landscape.  Hot for saturated color? ‘Inferno’s' boldly-patterned, juicy red-orange serrated foliage makes a red-hot impression in full sun or shade. Foliage is the star here; diva-style, ‘Inferno’s flowers arrive late in the season, and sometimes not at all. Low-maintenance, high-impact upright 14-28 inch plants are perfect for containers or massed in the landscape. ‘Inferno’ provides a delightful new option for the border—a fresh alternative to Impatiens or Begonia. Plants do best when generously watered.

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Wasabi Coleus Plants:

Description: Sun or shade coleus with deeply lobed leaves.  Add some zing to your garden with the bright cheerful leaves of ‘Wasabi.’ Adapting to sun or shade, and mesmerizing to look at with its chartreuse, deeply lobed leaves, this handsome coleus is an excellent choice for mixed containers on the patio, or any spot in the landscape that needs a kick of color.

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Rainbow Mixed Colors Coleus Seeds:

Description: Outstanding mixture; the best and brightest colors of medium-sized leaf varieties.  Coleus is grown for its brilliant, glowing foliage rather than flowers. This is an outstanding mixture formulated to provide the best and brightest colors of medium-sized leaf varieties. Spectacular for beds and borders.

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Chocolate Mint Coleus Seeds & Plants:

Description: Brings bold drama to partially shady corners of your garden.  High-voltage contrast punctuates each leaf of our latest coleus, providing bold drama to the partially shady corners of the garden. Velvety chocolate leaves are each perfectly dotted along the rim with bright mint green, for a luminous look.

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Fantasy Perilla Plants:

Description: Impressive foliage in sun or light shade.  Out of a dream and into your garden; a vision of deep, satisfying colors. Thick leaves are extravagantly splashed with both dark and neon tones. This tall (4-5'), rugged annual is drought tolerant. Grows best in full sun but will still perform well in light shade. One customer commented that 'Fantasy' "beats coleus hollow", which we believe is a strong endorsement!

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