Every Texas garden needs a splash of color. For decades, the coleus family of annuals has provided that color, but only in the shade where the plants could be protected from the summer sun. But ...

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 ...

NATURALISM AND sustainability are the biggest trends in gardening — and then there’s the rage for coleus. This loudly patterned and gussied up annual reeks of conservatories and lady’s petticoats — ...

Coleus adds color to summer landscapes without having to open a blossom. Sporting coats of many colors, they brighten gardens in sun or shade with an abundance of attractive foliage. Old World coleus ...

If plants had superpowers, the coleus plant would be one of the most powerful. Its ability to bring colour, texture and form to any garden is unparalleled. It is the rainbow on the ground. Among the ...

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 ...

She did that one summer, then in 2009, the center acquired a collection of 122 different cultivars of coleus, and asked her if would take charge of them. In the years that followed, she never got back ...

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Over a dozen colourful chrysanthemum and coleus varieties will be on display during the two-day chrysanthemum and coleus flower show to be organized by National Botanical Research Institute on ...