In fairly dry climates, coleus plants can still grow bright foliage under partial shade but when grown indoors a bright grow light is needed to produce colorful foliage. Generally, coleus plants do well in warmth and can grow into brightly colored foliage annuals in gardens that are fully or partially shaded.
There are varieties that like full sun while others like partial sun. Coleus plants like a mix of sun and shade. Morning sun is the most important for proper growth and development, with the afternoon shade being preferred. Seeded varieties of coleus like shade while most of the modern vegetatively propagated varieties grow like full sun exposure.
Some hybrid varieties of coleus flowers are hardy and can withstand full sun from morning to late afternoon without showing any signs of overexposure. Most coleus plants require about 6 hours of sunlight in the morning hours with shade being preferred all afternoon. Some modern varieties of coleus can tolerate full sun exposure all day long especially when growing in humid climates.
Keep in mind that for you to get the best coloration, an adequate amount of sun exposure will be required by the plant. Therefore, if your garden receives full sun all day, you might want to choose the cultivars of coleus with darker colors for the best survival and color display.
Some varieties of coleus do well in full sun than others. Before you get some seeds to plant in your garden or indoors, you want to make sure you get the right cultivar that is good for full sun. For areas that are shady or partially sunny, you can choose coleus varieties that are well suited for low light conditions.
Roll of Thunder. Description: Shade gardeners know that trailing coleus like this one is a real gem to find. It makes a beautiful spiller in combination containers, but also works well as a low maintenance groundcover in the landscape. Chocolate Drop forms a wide spreading mound of small heart-shaped, green and burgundy, scalloped leaves.
It keeps its color all season and is easy to pair with every other color in combinations. Art Deco. Description: Strawberry Drop forms a wide spreading mound of small heart-shaped, tricolor green, pink and yellow, scalloped leaves that keep their color all season.
Like all ColorBlaze coleus, it was bred to bloom very late or not at all, extending its garden performance into fall. Gentlemens Choice. Description: This jazzy new Coleus for sun and shade features maroon red leaves with luminescent chartreuse to yellow margins, forming a very well-branched plant that works well in landscapes and containers.
Yellow and green foliage is neutral and will pair easily with almost any other color in combination containers, where it will play the role of thriller and filler. Double the Joy. Description: A top performer in trials, robust coleus forms a mound of charteuse foliage that keeps its color and form all season. It performs well in both sun and shade. Its tendency to flower late helps it to last much longer through the season than some others of this type.
Try pairing it with other vigorous annuals in large containers or grow massed in the landscape in sun or shade. Browse hundreds of Container Garden Recipes. Watch dozens of gardening videos on our YouTube channel. Explore our Pinterest board of foliage plants. Search this site:. For spots with muted green shrubs, add multicolored coleus with striking leaf patterns that will catch the eye.
In container gardens, include a coleus with contrasting colors to offset their pot-mates. While plant breeders were developing these new sun-loving coleus families, they decided to make more improvements. Today's coleus flower later in the year, which provides more months of colorful leaves. The new coleus also branch out more, giving the gardener a bushier plant that covers more territory.
Here are the latest in coleus that work well in Texas. This family of sun-loving coleus comes from Pan American Seed. Wizard varieties are more compact than other coleus, growing only about a foot high.
Of the nine varieties, my favorite is the 'Wizard Rose,' with a deep red center surrounded by a cream border and a green lacy outer edge. Other striking members of this family include the 'Wizard Jade,' with pale gold centers surrounded by a jade green border, and the 'Wizard Scarlet' with deep red leaves edged with gold. This collection from Ball Horticultural are midsized coleus, growing to just under 2 feet tall.
This group features 'Rose to Lime Magic' that makes a dramatic color change as it grows, and 'Pineapple Surprise,' with brick red and chartreuse leaves. For something completely different, we come to the Marquee family of coleus from Ball. Marquee coleus grow to just under 2 feet and nearly as wide. Unlike most coleus, the leaves of Marquee are deeply serrated and long with jagged splashes of color.
The Stained Glassworks series of coleus from Monrovia is bred for partial shade to full sun. These long-living annuals will continue to give your garden color right up to the first hard frost of winter.
Varieties include 'Big Blonde' with golden blonde leaves, 'Luminesce' with brilliant hot pink leaves, and 'Rose Explosion' with light pink centers bordered with burgundy. These fast-growing coleus reach about 30 inches in height and spread about a foot.
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