Henna is one of the sun-tolerant types suitable for growing in full sun to part shade. Henna coleus will really light up a garden. The colorful foliage has shades of gold and chartreuse brushed with ...

Find out why coleus plants are popular annuals for gardeners and why you should add this easy-care plant to your garden.

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 ...

Just like people, plants can re-invent themselves, and none more dramatically than coleus. Once regarded as purely a shade plant, the new generation of coleus thrive in sun or semi shade, with leaves ...

(Solenostemon 'Copper Glow') has burnt orange to coppery leaves with a narrow band of gold around the scalloped leaf margins. It grows 10 to 20 inches tall. (Solenostemon 'Gnash Rambler') combines ...

Move over, impatiens, and make way for coleus. A decade or two ago, impatiens were the most widely planted shade-loving plant in the annual garden. But the downy mildew fungus quickly caused Impatiens ...

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, ...

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: ...

When a gardening buddy told me last week that he had a surprise for me, my mind started racing, trying to figure out what it could be. Don Hanson, my friend, is known for propagating roses from ...

There are lots of plants to grow for color in the shade in the summer. Here is some information about begonias, pentas, caladium, coleus and fire spike. The weather this spring and summer is a special ...