When you think of the incredible colors of a summer garden you think flowers, right? But exuberant color doesn’t always need dazzling flowers and shimmering summer sunshine. You can have displays of ...

Heat and high humidity are taking their toll on many of our flowering plants, and some are starting to look a little worn out. You might consider trying coleus because it seems to thrive under these ...

Coleus is king of the garden as the National Garden Bureau proclaims 2015 as the year of the coleus. The bureau selects three plants each year to receive its spotlight awards — one edible, one ...

The colorful and uniquely shaped leaves of coleus have made it a favorite of gardeners for several centuries. But recent introductions have helped move it out of containers and the shade and into ...

Few annuals thrive in shade, so impatiens' love of partial to full shade make their an excellent companion plant for coleus.

When I was growing up on Brooklyn, my mother always had a plant growing near the living room window. The leaves had some color, but weren't very attractive. After a year or two, the plant would die ...

Talk about a serendipitous moment. On my recent tour, I was really impressed by how well coleus were used throughout the Naples Botanical Garden as colorful borders, only to come home and read that ...

Last year, I became a coleus convert. Walking up a gentle incline to an ornamentals exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden one day in September, I rounded a corner by the garden cafe to confront ...

Coleus in containers: As in the flower garden, coleus can be used with other plants, or you could fill an entire container with coleus, either one kind or a variety. If they are movable, containers ...

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. Today, ...

For many of us, a passion for flowers drew us into gardening in the first place. In time, even the most ardent lover of all things petaled realizes that a garden based only on blossoms is missing ...