Getting to know Coleus - Edged Leaf vs Veined Leaf Sun vs Shade - March 2024
Resist the lure of the big box nursery store. That's something that I'm trying to live-by this Spring. And, something I'll need to remind myself when it comes to containers. The past few years, I've picked up some bedding annuals from the orange big box store. Same with some of the plants that go into our various containers. One of those has been coleus. I've used it in containers - but not as a bedding plant where I've installed it as an annual in mass. Here's a post about our large, rectangular front porch container from the 2021 season that includes some two-toned coleus . Over the years, I've admired coleus as a bedding plant in some municipal applications (like in large, island beds in Downtown Downers Grove) where they've planted one variety in mass. I also have come back a few times to this garden tour on the S&K Greenhouse YouTube Channel where Justin (the S&K Nursery guy) visits the home garden of B...