Coleus Ruby Slipper

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Coleus ruby slipper. Beautiful red leaves provide a high impact of color from spring until first frost. It can range from nearly brown to nearly orange to nearly pink to nearly purple and many are blends of all of them. They can survive in sun or shade but different types have different preferences. Coleus can be added to beds and borders for interest or grown in containers.

Bench card download a bench card. Versatile premium varieties are very late to never flowering. Coleus are grown for their gorgeous foliage and can be a welcome addition to a garden of flowering plants. Solenostemon scutellarioides common name.

They can also be propagated by seed indoors about 8 10 weeks prior to your last expected spring frost. This compact medium sized coleus has great branching and is great when planted in mixed containers or as a grouping in a flower bed. New mixmasters biden my time. The coleus has nice dense foliage with a mounding upright habit.

Ruby slipper is a more compact deeper red version of redhead. New mixmasters bejeweled improved. Coleus is probably one of the easiest plants to grow and propagate. 14 to 24in 36 to 61cm spread.

Low maintenance high impact plants are perfect for large pot programs and landscaping. Coleus ruby slipper height 14 24. 14 to 16in 36 to 41cm a stunner in patio pots and garden beds this easy care coleus maintains its compact form and branches more freely than other red varieties. Upright a ball floraplant introduction.

Coleus prefers the shade but can handle the heat if in partial shade to shade. Coleus ruby slipper photo courtesy of ball seed. What constitutes a true red is relative to the perception of the viewer so we do our best to photograph and describe each coleus. Stunning colors and patterns for full sun and shade.

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Hardiness is a factor for this perennial plant especially when grown outside of their native southeast asia. It is well branched and works equally well in containers or in the landscape. Add to plant list. Red can be a complicated color in coleus depending on the amount of blue or yellow in the leaf.

In fact the plants root so easily that you can even start cuttings in a glass of water. Foliage is a great accent to all shade gardens and landscape. 40 f 4 4 c blooming.