Coleus

What makes it Unique?

• Coleus is cultivated as an ornamental plant and is best known as a garden plant because of its brightly colored foliage.
• Coleus plants have various leaf sizes and shapes, and their flowers look like tiny blue or purple spikes.
• The leaves of the coleus plant are for medicinal purposes.
• Coleus can be used every summer for years without repeating color combos.
• Taking a specific combo supplement of coleus may result in negligible effect for the person affected by glaucoma.

How to care?

• Depending on the variety, the plant prefers part shade or full shade to sunlight.
• Coleus grows best in moist, loose, and well-draining soil.
• They thrive best in hot and humid conditions, and frost may kill the plants in a temperate climate.
• Indoor Coleus requires water only when the top inch of the soil feels dry, while the outdoors require water twice a day.
• Container coleus needs fertilizer once a month because water washes away the nutrients from the soil.
• Cut off the spikes of the flower to encourage the life and growth of new leaves.
• Pinch growing shoots of young plants frequently to promote branch growth.
• Proper care of the coleus plant may produce a raceme of white or blue flowers in summer.
• If the coleus plant is grown in a container outgrows, you may report it to another.
• The plant grows to a height of 65-70 cm when it reaches maturity.