Growing coleus indoors can be a rewarding experience, providing gorgeous foliage that can brighten up any room ...

Coleus is a striking perennial that's a favorite of gardeners looking to add vibrance and contrast to their spring, summer, and early fall garden. But, every year when the first frost hits, it's gone.

Since coleus is only a tender perennial, it will not survive the winter if left outside. Many gardeners in the North let their coleus die at the end of the year and buy new coleus the next summer.

Coleus are often used in the background for foliage, but I think they deserve attention for their bold foliage and ...

Coleus can be used in garden beds, as an accent plant, as a way to fill post-spring voids in a plant border or grouped as an edging plant, but its primary value is as a container plant.

The Indian coleus plant (which contains forskolin) has been a part of traditional herbal medicine for centuries. It has been used to treat conditions such as heart ailments, asthma, bronchitis ...

My ColorBlaze Lime Time coleus out front, which is supposed to reach 34 inches, is now at 42, and I have been pinching all summer. I am deliriously happy about that, too!

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.

Coleus, Solenostemon scutellariodes, is in the mint family and is related to basil, thyme, oregano, Swedish ivy and peppermint. Roll the stems of any of these in your fingers, ...

All coleus are tolerant of a wide range of soils, whether clay or sandy or rocky. Plant them where your garden has good drainage. Chronically damp soil will damage the roots and kill your plants.

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 ...