Every Texas garden needs a splash of color. For decades, the coleus family of annuals has provided that color, but only in the shade where the plants could be protected from the summer sun. But ...

Whether tucked into shady garden beds or grown in sun-dappled containers, coleus plants are loved for their bold, colorful foliage. But when colder weather rolls in, many gardeners start to wonder: ...

Coleus are hugely popular plants that are grown for their highly decorative and vivid foliage. They are versatile plants and can be added to summer bedding schemes, used as a great container plant for ...

When Joe Ward, general manager at Southwood Landscape and Nursery, suggested coleus as the featured species for the 2018 trial beds at the Linnaeus Teaching Garden, my first thought was: Why? Coleus ...

Gardeners are a curious, rebellious group. We thrive on the exotic and tend to avoid plants that are either familiar, easy to grow, or both. How else to explain the relative absence of coleus from our ...

Coleus is mainly grown for its colorful foliage and not its flowers, so it might be shocking to learn that some of its varieties can entice hummingbirds to check out your yard. Although many gardeners ...

The word chaos is about to have a new meaning for your landscape. Webster says it is extreme confusion or disorder. Your first thought may be your garden. In my case chaos best describes my office and ...

It’s what we all want: something that grows well anywhere in the yard or garden, looks terrific, and can stand the heat of our Gulf Coast summers. Gardening expert Bill Finch says the answer is coleus ...

Coleus is the plant we think we know -- which is exactly why most people haven't caught up with its glamorous modern makeover. A tropical species known for its color-splashed foliage, it was last in ...

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, ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Coleus is a ...

Garden writer Ray Rogers doesn't live here, but his favorite plant, the coleus, does. In fact, he says, it's perfectly suited to the Pacific Northwest. The plant, known for its foliage, is ...