Coleus Rainbow Mix

$4.00

Exotic, wildly-colored paint-splashed leaves. Spectacular for beds, borders & bouquets. This one you can plant in the shade, propagate easily, and even grow as a houseplant. These are large coleus varieties that will liven up your dark corners with color!

JOY MAX QUALITIES:

  • The BIG LEAF Beauty! This is one we grow for the leaves. Gorgeous, green tropical leaves are splashed with pink, red, and white colors.

  • That’s right, this is one plant you can absolutely grow in the shade. It just needs balmy temps and water and will surprise you with its toughness through hot Texas summers.

  • This is a tropical plant, so once it starts getting cool, take cuttings to propagate or dig up and replant some of your healthiest plants to keep as houseplants. It will keep going though until killed by frost.

  • Start anytime you want indoors.

  • Open-pollinated

Exotic, wildly-colored paint-splashed leaves. Spectacular for beds, borders & bouquets. This one you can plant in the shade, propagate easily, and even grow as a houseplant. These are large coleus varieties that will liven up your dark corners with color!

JOY MAX QUALITIES:

  • The BIG LEAF Beauty! This is one we grow for the leaves. Gorgeous, green tropical leaves are splashed with pink, red, and white colors.

  • That’s right, this is one plant you can absolutely grow in the shade. It just needs balmy temps and water and will surprise you with its toughness through hot Texas summers.

  • This is a tropical plant, so once it starts getting cool, take cuttings to propagate or dig up and replant some of your healthiest plants to keep as houseplants. It will keep going though until killed by frost.

  • Start anytime you want indoors.

  • Open-pollinated

Coleus may be a little slow to get started but just wait for it. Watching these little sprouts slowly grow into little, wildly-colored mounds and then lushly filling out whatever beds or containers you put them in will be a true delight.

If it’s warm outside, direct seed and keep moist until sprouted, then water whenever they seem dry. Once plants get tall, they’ll droop when dehydrated and then quickly recover once watered. If it’s still cold outside, start inside since it takes a while to get them going and they don’t germinate in anything less than 70º. Use a heat mat and grow lights. Press a few seeds into the soil surface of each cell or pot. When 1" tall, thin to just the cutest one. Set outside once they are at least 3” tall and the days are consistently warm. Space 8-12” apart. Or just grow them inside as houseplants! Once you’ve got seedlings, it’s very easy to separate out the ones you want into separate pots.

Plectranthus scutellarioides GROW ZONES: 3-10, perennial above zone 9 SEED DEPTH: Surface sow, needs light to germinate. It's best to start seeds indoors. GERM: 10-15 days SOIL: Nothing special but well-drained, coleus needs lots of moisture SUN: Morning sun to full shade MATURE SIZE: 15x20" x 10-14" SPACING: 8-12" DAYS TO MATURITY: 60-90

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