Coleus is a warm season annual that thrives spring, summer, and fall. Choose from a variety of red, yellow, pink, green, and purple foliage patterns. Use in flower beds or pots. Part sun or shade, moderate water, air purifier. Grows well in Auburn, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin, Roseville and Sacramento.
- Landscape Size: 2′-3′ tall, 2′-3′ wide
- Light Requirement: Morning Sun/Afternoon Shade or Full Shade
- Water Needs: Moderate
- USDA Zone: 11A or All as Annual
- Growth Habit: Mounding
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Attributes: Air Purifier
These characteristics apply to the greater Sacramento area and nearby regions.
Live outside of our area? Please check with your local cooperative extension for the best growing practices in your neck of the woods.
Visit: UC Cooperative Extension Offices(Opens in a new window)
Visit: National County Extension Offices(Opens in a new window)
Green Thumb Guide
Grows well in enriched soils with good drainage. Feed with a general fertilizer in spring after planting. Coleus is frost sensitive and will die back almost completely during winter. Can be brought inside and overwintered as a houseplant to avoid frost.
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