Shade. 20 inches. Green red and cream splashed across on large leaves of this vigorous coleus. Provide adequate shade for best leaf color and to avoid foliage burn. Pinch plant for bushy growth.
Shade. 20 inches. Deep red leaf with a outer green margin. Provide adequate shade for best leaf color and to avoid foliage burn. Pinch plant to encourage bushy growth.
Shade. 20 inches. Salmon leaf with a green margin. Provide adequate shade for best leaf color and to avoid foliage burn. Pinch plant to encourage bushy growth.
Sun to shade. 10 to 16 inches tall. The Sun series of coleus are impressive. Slow to ‘bolt’, they have a dense habit that requires almost no pinching to keep the plant attractive throughout the season.
Sun to shade. Height 18 to 24″, spread 18 to 22″. Sun Ruby Heart is a versatile plant. It tolerates both sun and shade. Its form, heart shaped leaves on a densely foliated plant and its color, deep ruby red leaves delicately outlined with chartreuse enable it to be used as a showstopper or a supporting player.
Full sun to full shade. 20 to 24″ tall. Rose Lime Magic has an ever-changing palette of shades from deep rose pink, lime and cream. When young the plant is predominantly a very deep rose red. As the plant matures the leaves take on more green and cream colors, but are still splashed with deep rose. Leaf margins are rose. Great for use in the border and in containers.
Sun to shade. 16 inches. Striking cranberry red foliage outlined with chartreuse on vigorous plants. Attention getter for border and containers.
Partial shade. 12 to 15 inches. Late flowering plants provide plentiful foliage all summer long. Leaves have a fiery orange center bordered by dark bronze. A good choice for containers or the border.
Sun. Provide a minimum of 1 square foot per plant. Flash will supply you with large, smooth, tasty leaves throughout the summer and and well into fall. Flash freezes beautifully. Blanch quickly, spin dry and freeze in bags. Defrost and heat briefly. You will not believe they came out of the freezer!
Partial Shade. Height 16″, spread 12″. Perennial. This sweet spring bloomer offers such joy early in the season. Its red flowers’ nodding heads are delightful planted among other native plants. In our garden we allow this native Columbine to roam among the mountain laurels, wild high bush blueberries, may apples and hepatica and violets. Hummingbirds visit these plants throughout the day while they remain in bloom. Allow some seed heads to ripen to help spread this little spring wonder.