I bought this plant at a local nursery and mixed it up with orange coleus and some salmon geraniums with variegated leaves (in a large po...Read Moret). What a show stopper. This is a must have plant. I have grown it in Pottstown, PA, but am now living in Leesburg, Florida where I hope it will do just as well. Pinch off the flowers and it will stay bushy and beautiful.
Hampton Roads, VA (Zone 7b) | October 2007 | positive
Terrific grower. Receives about 5 hrs of morning sun and seems to love it. I can't get over how large these coleus grew, over 3' tall a...Read Morend almost as wide! And they weren't bothered a bit by the end-of-summer transplant.
Gold Hill, OR (Zone 7a) | September 2005 | positive
I found this plant at a local nursery and loved the shape of the leaves. Once home and potted into an outdoor pot, placed under large oa...Read Morek where it had bright dappled shade all day. Seemed to love it there. This coleus was not attacked by leaf-eaters the way 'Alabama Red' and 'Dark Star' was. Will overwinter this one in the house for next year.
My Kiwi Fern coleus is growing in a container on the north face of my house, where it is shaded all day but gets some reflected sunlight....Read More It has been a slow grower but has maintained its attractive colouration. It bicoloured foliage is an interesting and attractive foil to brightly coloured flowers, such as mimulus or upright fuschia.
I bought this plant at a local nursery and mixed it up with orange coleus and some salmon geraniums with variegated leaves (in a large po...Read More
Slower growing than other varieties.
Terrific grower. Receives about 5 hrs of morning sun and seems to love it. I can't get over how large these coleus grew, over 3' tall a...Read More
I found this plant at a local nursery and loved the shape of the leaves. Once home and potted into an outdoor pot, placed under large oa...Read More
My Kiwi Fern coleus is growing in a container on the north face of my house, where it is shaded all day but gets some reflected sunlight....Read More
Believe it or not, I found one at HomeDepot. It's doing great in full shade here in Central Texas ~ grown half again as big in two months.
This is one of the Stained Glassworks™ series from the Flower Fields Alliance.