Three Inferno Coleus Planted As Bedding Plants - Patio Corner Bed - May 2025

Last year, I planted three Inferno coleus in the island bed in our front yard after seeing them on a garden tour video and I wasn't disappointed.  By October of last year, I wrote a post praising sun-tolerant coleus as bedding plants and pledged to plant more this year.  I even included 'planting coleus as bedding plants' as one of my 2025 to-do items.  

With the larger-scale planting of Crimson Gold Coleus in the (newly expanded) Island Bed in front, I decided to not walk-away-from Inferno coleus.  I bought three quart-sized pots of the red/brown annual and planned to put them into the expanded back patio corner bed.   Last Fall, I used the 'lazy bed extension' method to expand the corner bed adjacent to our back patio.  That created some new planting space that I can fill this season.  

That spot gets decent sun - for our backyard at least.  It gets the MOST sun, I suppose, of anywhere in our backyard.  Thus, it seemed like a good spot for these Inferno Coleus.  

Below are the plant tags and the nursery pot:

The photo at the top of this post shows the annuals spaced out in their planned-for planting locations.  Below, is an 'after' photo showing the three coleus planted and the mulch pulled back close to the stems.