Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle 'Festive Dance'

Confirming sugarweeds comment that this variety is a shade lover. If left in the sun for even a few hours it starts to lose its color an...Read Mored wilt. In the shade, the colors get more vibrant and the plant thrives.

This is a very pretty Exhibition coleus I got in a mixed planter.
The one I planted in the sun went entirely dark and void of the ...Read Morepretty coral/red leaf centers. Others I took cuttings and planted them with matching coral/red impatients alternately under a Brug in the filtered oak shade. I loved this coleus.
Edited to add those planted iin filtered shade were consistantly beautiful until November.
The one in the sun was UGLY and muddy.
Sidney