This ornamental plant can provide vibrant color year-after-year. Coleus is a striking perennial that's a favorite of gardeners looking to add vibrance and contrast to their spring, summer, and early ...

Coleus thrives from spring to fall and may even persist into winter. The plant is somewhat tricky to grow since it burns in ...

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, ...

The full growth time-lapse of coleus plants which were started from seeds and grew till flowers. We started by sowing 2 tiny coleus seeds to a small pot. Our seeds germinated in about a week and ...

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 ...

It has been almost a decade since the arrival of the Kong coleus, with its gigantic leaves and psychedelic array of colors, caused heads to turn. Now Kong Junior is the shade plant that’s attracting ...

What a beautiful fall season, complete with gorgeous weather! Start bringing your indoor plants back inside if you haven’t ...

Here's an easy way to set yourself up for plenty of coleus next spring. Take cuttings while it's still warm out, then root ...

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 ...

Looking for a late-summer annual to give a lift to your garden? Lime green continues to be one of the hottest colors in the garden, and a coleus, Wasabi, provides it like few others. Electric Lime has ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...