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COLEUS VARIETIES for the 2010 SEASON

The handful of plantsmen still pretending to disdain COLEUS simply have not caught up with the Victorian gardeners! For those still uncomfortable with the "C" word, simply announce that you collect Solenostemon scutellarioides cultivars--keeping in touch with current nomenclature. Millenium fashion embraces brilliant color & delicate detail from shocking tattoos to detailed needlework. The Coleus & their Plectranthus kin allow many choices between these two extreme poles from the punk brash to the shyly subtle--a point substantiated by a ramble though our Coleus Photo Gallery on the Internet at http://www.rareplants.com/gallery2.html. Or refer back to your old copy of Fine Gardening for color photos. We can send you a selection of types for standards, for golden (or red or purple) hues, for baskets, for brilliant borders in sun or shade, for windowboxes or imposing urns.

For the following two collections, tell us if bedding, basket, standards, or topiary fills your Victorian urge to order a passel of these glitzy guys.

99108 COLEUS CRAZE COLLECTION I: Tell us if bedding, basket, standards, or topiary fills your Victorian urge to order a passel of these glitzy guys. 5 plants @ merely PRICE: $12.00

99483 COLEUS CRAZE COLLECTION II: We also can concentrate of ochre/yellow tones, reddish beacons to pinkish tones, or demonic purples when gathering your 10 plants @ PRICE: $20.00--If you order more than one #99108 or #99483 you will most likely receive a few duplicates of the same cultivar, as the selection on these changes each week.

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19030 COLEUS: RAINBOW FOLIAGE FOR CONTAINERS AND GARDENS. New and wonderful book. There is no way that the Glasshouse Works could not offer this book! Coleus are our love!! By Ray Rogers. Photographs by Richard Hartlage. Coleus are no longer your grandmother's parlor plants. Favorites during the Victorian era, these plants have made a dramatic comeback with a dazzling variety of leaf color, shape, and pattern. No other plant is so easy to grow and propagate. Their sumptuous colors and tough constitution make coleus ideal both as attention-getting focal points and as complements to other foliage or flowering plants. In this lavishly illustrated volume, expert plantsman Ray Rogers offers equal parts of design inspiration and practical advice. The book contains 404 full-color photographs and presents 225 cultivars in the encyclopedia section, which is organized along the lines of plant habit and leaf shape/color. Three major chapters present the ins and outs of culture, propagation, and problems we might encounter along the way. Other chapters cover history, designing with coleus, coleus in containers and in the garden in general, and sporting and reversion. $ 29.95 plus $ 4.50 shipping.

An excerpt from this book: "While the skeptics and unbelievers would answer this question with, "What? There's such a thing as a good coleus?", any coleophile worth his or her salt appreciates which characteristics set a given coleus above another. Perhaps the most important quality of a good coleus is its "set and forget" nature (thanks to Vern Ogren of Color Farm for this catchy term): plant it and enjoy it without needing to make a constant fuss over it. Of course any plant deserves to receive sound horticultural treatment from its caretaker, with at least some thought given to its selection, function, and placement in the garden; adequate site preparation; appropriate amounts of water and fertilizer; and protection from the elements, insects, diseases, and the like."

Advisory for Spring 2010 Coleus Shipping.

We no longer can accept rush orders especially going to the Far South and the Florida area for Spring delivery unless you understand that our Greenhouses are in the North and we have to wait until crops mature. We do not have the same climate as Florida! We try to get Coleus shipped starting around the first of May each year. If you want your Coleus shipped by early May, then we recommend 1) giving us a couple subsititues, 2) allowing us on large coleus orders to backorder if we need to, or 3) ordering one of our fabulous Coleus Collections! If you order our Collections, this gives us the ability to ship your order earlier with a lot of our best and sturdiest Coleus, our choice. We are far enough north that we cannot get some coleus into the rooting stage until late April or early May. We try to ship from our greenhouses all year, but weather does play a big part in our crops. Some plants are shipped at the best time for that item. If by chance you receive your order in early June, you will be surprised by how much these plants will grow in just a few short weeks. Don't forgert you can always correspond by phone or email with us concerning order status.Our email address and our Toll Free Numbers are given on the Order Confirmation letter as well as on our site.

49473 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MALESTROM LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Wide crennate hyroponic green foliage (think sea green) with slashings of licorice purple, carmine, cream and lime tip the wide crennate edge; forms a short, wide profile in the bed or container--giving a bluish cast from a distance.

51770 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MANGO MISCHIEF FF03 LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 A 'Christmas Candy' offspring with the branching habit, brash stature, and easy vigor of its mom, but with rich mango to unripened apricot leaves slashed with deep burgundy, even saturated pink to the crennate edge. Frieling's sunset toned 'Christmas Candy' hybrid.

55637 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MAX LEVERING LAB GH PRICE: $ 4.00 Brilliant golden green leaves with bloody maroon blotches and random scratchy splashes--a basic because of its vigor and ability to meld the diverse colors of companion show-offs.

53177 COLEUS HYBRIDUS METALICA LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 A nearly "Metal Coleus" with polished pebbly surface deep John Deere green and dramatic jagged eggplant purple edged leaves angled at a battle station position this makes for one of the most unique offspring of Lohman's 'Krispy Kritter.'

66948 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MISSISSIPI SUMMER (TOBASCO) LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 3.75 Impressive rumpled sabre leaves glow with red-pinks & cranberry rose with dramatic raised central flames of dark blood livid purples & maroons. Not for the faint of heart. Best tall red for bedding in midwest. Even though the spelling is different, the "Tobosco" people wanted us to change the name. We are thus giving preference to its alternate name. Please note that this is the same plant which we have sold for years.

58331 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MISS POPULARITY LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Very delicate in appearance, yet of true grit: Slim maroon stems present flounces of crennate ochre leaves brightly splashed with carmine and burgundy. Self heading small featured winner hybridized by Frieling.

54588 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MOON GLOW LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 Remarkable sport of 'Christmas Candy' selected by the ever sharp-eyed Downers with giant golden lime dappled leaves with dramatic magenta margins and rich rose underleaf. Sports to 'Aurora' from time to time. Certainly the boldest of the straw yellow group.Intolerant of chill.

42332 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MR. WONDERFUL LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Brilliant red netting overwhelms green background; solid red center; tall-statured for training. Not recommended for areas with coolish nights.

61696 COLEUS HYBRIDUS MURDER SUSPECT LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 This "Blood Spattered Coleus" develops a wide spreading habit perfectly displaying the flat milky ochre leaves with their distinct splatterings of dried blood red. Quite impressive bedding of container subject from Frieling.

55630 COLEUS HYBRIDUS NIGHT SKIES [STARRY NIGHT] LAB GH PRICE: $ 3.50 Dark purpled leaves with umber tones strewn with lemon gold starry dots. Low statured, small featured enough for small containers. Also popular as a winter greenhouse foliage star.

56703 COLEUS HYBRIDUS NOONDAY MOON LAB TGH PRICE: $ 7.25 Giant furled and ruffled violet backed leaves with an amazing "Hippo Hide" surface of roiled chocolate pink clay tones. An unsolicited reaction: "Ain't none too normal lookin" . . . Due to the extreme foliage, we recommend that you grow this Ken Frieling hybrid in a greenhouse or conservatory in very bright light. Thanks to Durrell Nelson for backup on this when our stock seemed threatened. Collectors will not tolerate any separation from this overwrought prima donna.

23746 COLEUS HYBRIDUS NORMA JEAN LAB TGH PRICE: $ 7.75 Wide lime speckled leaves turn a complicated lilac pink with a distinct coppery flow in full sun--definitely smolders, and does perform well outdoors, although can be difficult as is its pollen parent, 'Noonday Moon.'

51784 COLEUS HYBRIDUS NUANCE LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.50 A quiet glow amoung your plants; delicate mauves, frosting of antique gold, parsley green, and rosy hued ruffled and fluted leaves (with medallion centers) closely packed on tumbling pink blushed stems. Subtle colors; vigorous habit.

57445 COLEUS HYBRIDUS OCTOBER WEDDING LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Impressive massive breathtaker with giant raspberry chocolate colored leaves slashed with vibrant deep olive. Holly Aquino's first named hybrid has become a basic for large containers & border backdrops.

66929 COLEUS HYBRIDUS OLYMPIC TORCH LAB CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Widely self branching to form a flame of small saber leaflets-- each with red, mahogany & copper designs framed by scalloped mint green edges: all the colors of fall

66987 COLEUS HYBRIDUS OOMPAH LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Tall statured, but much branched with tiny leaves of citron green with purpled centers highlighted with violet flames an bleached rye petioles. Always popular as a small pillar.

66733 COLEUS HYBRIDUS OTHELLO LAB CGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Deep purple black leaves richly fluted, ruffled and waffled; tightly stacked on stout eggplant toned upright stems which self branch to achieve an open pyramidal habit. The most vigorous and most satisfactory of the blackish purple hybrids for outdoor container use, bedding reliability and even good color saturation in the winter greenhouse display. Need black? Think Shakespeare.

51788 COLEUS HYBRIDUS OXBLOOD RED LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Reddish scarlet leaves with umber blush, olive colored scalloped edges and violet veins echoed by the violet red underleaf. Vigorous fast growing hybrid with a smoldering dusky appearance.
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53157 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PAMPER ME LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Unusually elongated very flat leaves of rich golden bronze with rich garnish of carmine slashes, violet patches, and sandlewood and amber dapplings. Slow to establish Frieling hybrid, but fabulous once thriving.

42330 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PENNEY [HYB] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 2.50 Unique foliage: triangular leaves with wide scallops are solid pale copper-olive veined magenta from the center; perfect complement to all other colors. A Vern Ogren hybrid making a perfect foil for hotter colors in your collection, as well as self-branching into a low wide pyramid attractive in any urn or windowbox where, if in full sun, the new foliage emerges a very fashionable hue of bleached wheat. Ever so Martha.

59413 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PERMANENT WAVE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.50 Total showoff: heavily ruffled wasabi green leaves distinctly elongated, with a dramatic violet flame snaking out ot a cocoa purple chevron tipped with deeply scalloped olive green edges. Recent Frieling hybrid bred for standards, unfortunately a bit sensitiive to chill.

51744 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PERILLA MAGILLA LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Marketed as a Perilla -- but seems a Coleus with great heat tolerance: square purple stems' color bleeds into veins with white flames roughed pink and lavender chevrons on a base of rugose John Deere Green blushed cocco purple. Eye catching.

51724 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PETER WONDER [HYB] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 5.25 Unique and beautiful hicolor plant--a pink and cream version of 'Stunnng' from Jaldety Nursery with a dazzling frothy look. Looks far to delicate to be the easy reliable outdoor performer it is.

23771 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PILLAGE LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Wide wasabi green leaves with rich cocoa carmine central band (darkening to violet and purple in full sun) nicely highlighting the central bright pink heart, all with pale wheat toned veins: traditional colors with a twist; large.

55599 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PINEAPPLE PRINCE LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 3.25 Frieling hybrid with large metalic bronzy gold leaves with faint magenta veins which echo the rose magenta underleaf; strong statured for topiary. Seems to have become the standard choice of designers needing a reliable strong splash of golden ochre with a buttery saturation in full sun.

41092 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PINEAPPLE QUEEN [HYB] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.25 Traditional cultivar for standards: heavily textured lime- gold leaves with deep maroon petioles; seldom blooms. Easy.

66835 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PINEAPPLETTE LAB ]GH HP PRICE: $ 5.50 Giant deeply fingered golden yellow foliage with maroon edges & carmine speckling; fuchsia hued stems. This impressive hybrid also holds its own well in winter conservatory displays--giving that hard to achieve combination of bold yet delicate quality.

66911 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PINK HALO LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Strong upright habit boldly presents the rumpled olive toned leaves with ornate purple veins and a bright pink central embossed area. Quite a looker while using the very most traditional Coleus colors--very impressive as a standard.
66957 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PISTACHIO NIGHTMARE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 Modest sized crennulate leaves of three very distinct equal bands: Unnerving bright lilac centers, then a parchment white chevron shaped band, finally framed by a pale pistachio green border. This Frieling hybrid has become quite popular with the mass merchandizers, resultingly appearing in the big block stores.

55954 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PLUM FROST LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Downer's sport of 'Purple Emperor' adds a rich nile green to the center of each elaborately crested black purple leaf-- will morph to purple olive center colors during intense heat. Much easier to grow than the old rigidly upright (and typcially seldom branching) 'Purple Emperor.' Always among the top ten most reordered every year.

58333 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PRIVATE DANCER LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Wide golden leaves with lime highlights strewn with maroon sprinkles, carmine splashes, and violet slashes. Big boned recent Frieling hybrid yet to be trialed by northern growers.

41096 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PURPLE DUCKFOOT [SPECIES?] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Compact dwarf globes of tiny purple short-lobed web-foot leaves tightly overlapping on self-heading stems; non-blooming mini excellent for light gardening or outdoor bedding edger. Called "Mars Coleus" on East Coast, this is a perfect addition to any urn, windowbox, or patio container (some customers spot it among their Hosta beds to great effect); moreover, an excellent winter performer in the hobby greenhouse or sunny indoor windowsill.

41093 COLEUS HYBRIDUS PURPLE EMPEROR [HYB] LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 5.50 Highly fluted, crested solid black-purple foliage. This is the traditional classic for black foliaged standards because very seldom branches at all. For wide branching foliage of this color, see 'Othello' and 'Dark Star' which do not require staking; a more vigorous sport is 'Plum Frost,' offered above. But for you purists out there, this is the original, and it is grand.

53183 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RED ABUZZ LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Sultry coppery overlay on mustard green leaves with dusky red featherings designed with dark cassis toned highlights, all garnished by a central sangria red flame. Must have full sun to develop these sultry tones.

55634 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RED COAT LAB GH PRICE: $ 2.50 Crimson red leaves bordered with bright yellow ochre. Most dramatic contrast in any border. More cranberry red (in full sun) than 'Defiance,' which we no longer propagate (for tends to split as ages); 'Red Coat' one of the basics used by many public display gardens for a carpet of carmine.

55693 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RED RUFFLES LAB CGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Rose red leaves with chablis veins emphatically enhanced by the lime rimmed fluted & lobed margins--heirloom with wide self branching habit. An heirloom variety with delicate appearance, yet a relatively vigorous performer in light or deep shade. We have noted that plants offered at some of the big block garden centers under this name are acutally 'Stunning,' which has similar ruffling but quite different coloring. (Parenthetically, this is a great companion with 'Stunning' as they've similar ruffling and habits.)

56580 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RED SCABER LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 A very stable, long lived, seldom blooming selection perfect for container designs, or pseudobonsai with woody stems cloaked by small slim dusky red leaves with rich rose flames. Gives a lacy threadleaf texture to plantings--a long lived clone originally shared with us by the Downers, probably a unique seedling from a commercial seed packet which proved disinclined to be merely an annual. Our customers have educated us on this dimunitive looker: it is the easiest Coleus to train into a bizarre mini-bonsai; and, it is one of the most successful in indoor litegardens. Thus, after several year's absence, it has returned to this website offering.

66959 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RED ULRICH LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.25 Excellent potential for standards as the striking square maroon stems are fastigate, cloaked with dark cocoa purple & scarlet sienna leaves frilling out from a central violet medallion; edged in true bullfrog green; excellent hight in an urn with very bright, yet feathery fastigate appearance. We do still maintain the old heirloom 'Ulrich' in the collections, but feel that this sport which was selected here in Stewart is a far superior form in color & in vigor. Will perform with panache even in less than perfect conditions.

32507 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RELIGIOUS RADISH LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 Rich reds overlaid with maroon-chocolates radiating from the center; probably an old heirloom selection as has the colors of 'Crazy Quilt' & is used extensively in Canadian bedding (yes: tolerates the first fall chills rather well). Absolute favorite of many of our customers as the clone we have selected and reselected forms a richly saturated warm colored blanket in the border or container, as it self branches readily to form a low "shrub" of very wide habit. Has become rather infamous from coast to coast for its richly saturated colors.

69047 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RELIGIOUS RUDABAGA LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 A sport with golden caramel and gatorade green splashes over the more somber red and plum mocha tones of 'Religious Radish'--Ken Frieling has reselected this sport found at GHW over the last several years for a very vigorous and strikingly beautiful wide growing urn subject. If this sports, we'll have to discern yet another vegetable's inner spirtual potential.

55610 COLEUS HYBRIDUS REX LAB CGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Erect purple stems bear chartreuse leaves fading to lemon tips with bright regular patterned carmine & burgundy central flames; beautiful tones. Original clone from Vern Ogren. While not as vigorous nor as fast growing as most hybrids, this popular heirloom Coleus still charms with its antique colors. Do not order for early delivery because it tends to remain leafless during most of our winters--thus propagation can be much delayed.

49439 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RIFF RAFF LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Extremely convoluted spear shaped leaves twist in a golden turmoil to reveal the purple undernetting and lemon gold highlights with a network of pink toned veins.

49475 COLEUS HYBRIDUS RISKY SISSY LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Looks very very odd, but of stong constitution. Big boned yellow mustard leaves with random eggplant purple flecks, dashed with lilac spotches. Obviously a Frieling hybrid noted for its elongated dramatic leaves jutting out imperiously from angled, then somewhat weeping stems. .

59408 COLEUS HYBRIDUS ROARING FIRE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Bold and beautiful: deep red foliage emerging with purple blush and carmine highlights with a dramatic chevron of brash ochre--bold, yet the elegantly elongated leaves give this self mounding winner a lacy flamboyant aspect.

51761 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SATANIC EMBERS FF03 LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Fabulous. Slim upright eggplant purple stems cloaked with furled fantastic small purplish umber and damask violet leaves highlighted with a burning glow of orange sienna, fading to chili reds and sultry carmine. Frieling's lucky cross of 'Dragon's Claw' x 'Noonday Moon' resulted in what several garden clubs decided must be a summer blooming Poinsettia! Also quite successful as a winter pot plant (if you can give it bright light or a lightgarden spot) and a natural for indoor litegardens as the dimensions are quite compact, the foliage reliably congested in a rumple of hues. Has been very popular with Asian visitors to the gardens.

55604 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SATURN LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 3.25 Very bold, very distinctive: The lime-gold center is vividly contrasted with the wide dark red border, then barely echoed by the lime tipped scalloped edge. Good in a basket for the "gold medallion" sections give a stained glass effect; excellent self branching wide habit. Not as vigorous as its various progeny, such as 'Yin & Yang,' 'Sloppy Painter,' etc.

55618 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SCHIZOPHRENIA LAB PRICE: $ 4.50 Brilliant slashings of violet, carmine, & carmel on strong widely branched shrub which reaches impressive porportions in a very short period of time. Possibly same as 'Spectrum' The four images listed with this entry show the plant at different times of the year, a very changeable cultivar!

51926 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SEDONA LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Brassy wide branching charmer; the rusty red foliage gives a orange glow in full sun; remains russett even in shade. Considered a sport of 'Freckles.' Named for the red rock cliffs of Arizona, with their sunset blond hues. Fussy as to site as the foliage is more thin and more easily damaged than most hybrids.

55528 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SHOCKING PINK LAB CGH PRICE: $ 3.25 The rusty lilacs, dusky limes, & chocolates suddenly turn a bright silk undies pink in full sun quite startling as the older foliage develops unripened pumpkin hues. Best known as 'Texas Parking Lot'; also sold as 'Alabama Sunset' & 'Bellingrath pink"; has become one of the basic bedding plants for sunny borders, as evidenced by its multiple and ever expanding portfolio of names. Not the easiest colors to match with other foliage in the urn arrangement.

23732COLEUS HYBRIDUS SLOPPY PAINTER LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Wide central golden amber and lime centers outline with a reddish coppery band bleeding into a pumpkin blushed green edge. Much wider and faster growing than 'Saturn' mom.

59418 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SMALLWOOD'S DRIVE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 A forest of slim purple stems cloaked with small feathery shell foliage: small arched quilted leaves of bronzy butter speckled with ochre, rose and purple--flounced to accent the cute scalloped edges. Strong; a lower voltaged 'Satanic Embers.'

66979 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SMART ALEC LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.75 Major presence: erect heavy stalks are ranked with giant smoky purple elongated leaves with tips exactly the green of stewed persimmons. Dramatic Frieling hybrid of 'Brocade' with 'Palisandra.' Makes quite a vertical statement in an urn planting; as well as a dramatic standard subject for the winter greenhouse as well needing a good stake because the foliage is quite heavy.

66715 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SOLAR FLARE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.75 Very dimpled leaves of parsley green with rasied central medallion purple flamed & caramel finigreed with white lime and acid ochre crennated margins. Very busy.

51779 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SO OBVIOUS LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 Dour reddish mahogany leaves with striking herringbone (veins) patterns of pink and rose, all framed by crennations tipped bright mint. Seems tolerant of less than perfect environment even on a window sill. Frieling's cross of "Kingwood Rose' x 'Screaming Raspberry.'

23760 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SONGBIRD LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.75 Much branched ocher and raspberry mounds of many small short leaves cutely fluted, of raspberry and rich chocolate with dramatic red rose central flames.

51941 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SORCERER LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.25 Fabulous "Black Coleus" with thickly substanced foliage saturated deepest purple.

53185 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SPARKLE PLENTY LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.50 Strong upright much branched stems hold a forest of smallish diamond outlined wasabi green leaves slashed with sangria magenta and speckled with pale wheat and mustard; in high light the veins are colored a pale chernoble ash tone. A vigorous easily self-branching upright Frieling hybrid which blends stronger brash colors together in a mixed planting or container assortment.

55705 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SPARKLER LAB CGH PRICE: $ 2.75 Very deeply cut, highly fluted leaves of olive & gold highlighted with pastel lemon; each elaborately fingered leaf rimmed deep purple when grown in full sun. Always popular as gives a fab very 3-D lacy effect in exposed conditions.

51778 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SPECKLETACTULAR LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Spectacularly wide golden ochre leaves speckled carmine and hot pink accented by violet veins. Colors vary considerably in more intense light and heat, becoming dominantly lemon and rose then. Avoid strong or persistent wind exposure.

56542 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SQUIGGY LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Short branchlets nervously populated with multitudes of small wriggling ochre and lance leaves closely held; eventually forms a tidy mound appearing to just have experienced combustion. Often yearns to be near 'Lenny.'

66714 COLEUS HYBRIDUS STORMY WEATHER LAB CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Heavily branched purple stemmed selection with small frilled scalloped leaves of agressive ochre dappled gold & blood red with deep purple splotches; tends to be tall statured. Similar to 'Solar Storm.'

55696 COLEUS HYBRIDUS STUNNING LAB CGH PRICE: $ 3.00 Purple stems graced with burgundy, ochre, & red leaves most elaborately frilled, ruffled, & flounced. Best color in sun. Bright pink veins--looks difficult, but actually of easy culture..
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49477 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SULTRY LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Merely fabulous trimly upcupped reddish mahogany leaves thickly spaced, each accented with a fine basil green tip on every crenation on the leaf margin. The wide habit makes this a natural for bedding schemes.

53182COLEUS HYBRIDUS SUNSTROKE LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 7.50 Giant golden leaves dappled straw blond along the veins; cassis blushed stems. A massive presence derived from a Frieling cross of 'Japanese Giant' and 'Amazon.' Not advised for the timid grower or the miniature garden.

66936 COLEUS HYBRIDUS SUPER DUCKFOOT LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.50 Deeply lobed & relobed leaves larger than 'Inky Fingers,' with citron green base splotched rose, pistachio, & freckled gold--very vigorous in any setting. And yes, we know, this bears no resemblence to the other mini "duckfoot" types--just a case of Texas marketing gone wild.

58353 COLEUS HYBRIDUS THE FLUME LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.00 Self branching dwarf habit with congested slim sabre leaves of burgundy and gold with showy pink centers. Strong growing; excellent container plant, forming a woody base in time. Introduced by Proven Winners.

55527 COLEUS HYBRIDUS THE LINE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 A tall elegant pyramidal masterpiece from Doug Ruhren w/ golden ochre elongated flame leaves with only the central vein bright magenta-purple; this is the one Martha Stewart uses in her container planting segment regullarly replayed on T.V. channels.

55536 COLEUS HYBRIDUS THUMBELINA LAB CGH PRICE: $ 5.50 Very petite: tinsy pea green rounded, puckered lf segments with touches of chocolate purple. Just too too cute . . . most popular with lite gardeners.

43141COLEUS HYBRIDUS TIGER LILY LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Bronzy rose leaves with engagingly fingered margins gussied up with extra ruffles and a bright basil edge; excellent self branching hybrid

67000 COLEUS HYBRIDUS TILT A WHIRL LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Distinctive furled circular leaves of muted heather to mahogany with zagged lime edges and feathered centers; always a great color contrast to the golden skirted 'Diane's Gold' and (along with 'Killer Klown') the final perfect flouncy companion for 'Flirtin' Skirts'!

58343 COLEUS HYBRIDUS TWEEDY BIRD LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Slim tiny basil green leaves flamed with scarlet red centers thickly produced on the short upright self-branching stems.

55955 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VENUS LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 The gold & royal purple of 'Pineapple Queen' punched up with a lovely pale central flame & a flamboyant eyelashed frilled margin. Repp's mystery from Lake Juroshuska.

66999 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VICTORIAN CARNIVAL LAB TGH PRICE: $ 3.25 Very beautiful crinkled leaves of pink, taupe, mauve, & palest rosy creme: a pastel version of 'Victorian Ruffles' selected by Doug Lohman. Excellent habit & a needed color

54056 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VICTORIAN RUFFLES LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 4.00 Tightly growing small-statured clumping habit makes this a mound of small fluted chocolate-purple leaves rimmed lime and highlighted mauve; from the searches of Doug Lohman. Perhaps a far more glorious, highly colored form of 'Plum Parfait'?

66837 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VICTORIAN YELLOW RUFFLES CODES PRICE: $ 3.50 Bright basil green fluted leaves margined with a frothy bright blond petticoat. Yet another Lohman creature.

66722 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VIOLET TRICOLOR LAB CGH PRICE: $ 3.50 Wide leaves of fern green zoned chocolate mauve with a center of bright violet darkening to screaming magenta in full sun. Larger statured than rehneltianus tribe, yet lateral habit will create a cascading spilage of Victorian colors. For the traditionalists amoung you: this has the old heirloom Coleus colors.

32511 COLEUS HYBRIDUS VOLCANO LAB TGH PRICE: $ 4.50 AVAILABILITY LIMITED Solid clear red with bronzy rust undertones in good light; emboldened by a tiny rim of cypress green; very chill sensitive, so very late propagation and late availability

49478 COLEUS HYBRIDUS WHOOPPEE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 5.25 Forming a full wide outline without pinching, this Frieling hybrid of 'Red Ruffles' x 'Vagabond' flaunts wide mauve purple leaves with deeply lobed and elegantly arched surface accented with a John Deere margin. Most flounce to the ounce.

55960 COLEUS HYBRIDUS YADA YADA YADA LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Small tidy leaves of rich mint green with a clear pink central flame chevroned w/ violet eyeliner; widely branching border subject from Dale Huddleson--very vigorous & dependable; due to lateral growth habit, enjoys a great popularity as a windowbox and hanging basket choice. Like 'Penny,' is not a focal point of itself, but brings out the colors of its companions; also an excellent edger in southern borders for tolerates considerable neglect.

66808 COLEUS HYBRIDUS YIN & YANG LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Chris Baker's quite vigorous echo of 'Saturn' with a large central eggyoke yellow area surrounded by cocoa red, in turn accented with a crennated border of olive--but the whole shebang is strewn with a constellation of yellow dots & comets. Self-branching excellent habit for containers as well as beds.

58340 COLEUS HYBRIDUS YIKES LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.75 Available from time to time. Inquire. Bright yellow lime, red splashed center. Quite different.

The Trailing Coleus, often used in Hanging Baskets

50560 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS DUSKY TRAILING PRINCE LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 3.00 Mahogany mosaic over avacado green with ochre edging--lacks the intensely pink heart of 'Trailing Queen'

59184 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS GREEN & GOLD QUEEN LAB HP TGH PRICE: $ 3.25 Lovely compact form with small yellow lime leaves, with deeply scalloped edges & cheerful straw toned flamed centers. Perfect splash of cascading gold foliage for your urn or windowbox designs. Always popular as a bright compation and contrast to the other trailers.

69048 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS ODALISQUE LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 Purple eggplant black central heart, with livid magenta flame dramaticly accent the key lime green leaf margins typically highlighted with straw yellow sprinkles. From Jerry Stewart. More modest growth habit than the other sometimes rangy rehneltianus cultivars with an outstanding clarity and purity of color saturation and thus often grown by our customers in an individual pot to better emphasize these traits. Flower show judges love it.

41098 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS RED TRAILING QUEEN LAB HP PRICE: $ 3.75 This "Trailing Coleus" selection has dark purple-brown leaves edged zoned red & green. Traditional hanging basket plant, equally dramatic and reliable cascading from urns and windowboxes.

66828 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS SWINGING LINDA LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 3.75 Marvelous new selection by Doug Litchfield w/ wide trailing stems cloaked with petite purple leaves edged electric violet & flamed with rich rose. Excellent habit and an irridescent hue not observed in any other Coleus. Reportedly the most popular Coleus in the Asian market.

55659 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS SWISS SUNSHINE LAB HT PRICE: $ 4.25 Very petite cascading selection: small bright yellow leaves with scalloped ochre edges & speckling w/ bright rose & violet central flames bleeding out into a veined mosaic--very delicate design on a vigorous cultivar. Sport long maintained by Florence Sunn who shared it with us--and who deserves a thanks from all who love the golden trailers.

66947 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS TELLTALE HEART LAB TGH HP PRICE: $ 5.00 Heavily substanced small heart leaves of livid olive quite dramatically centered chocolate maroon, veined pink. Very modest size with horizontal branching--A selection from Glasshouse Works.

58330 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS TRAILER PARK PRINCESS LAB TGH PRICE: $ 6.00 A Baker's Acres production number. Very multibranched laterally oriented character with pairs of small leaves of multiple tones accented by clear pink centers. More compact than most of the tribe. Happiest grown inside a rubber tire planter.

41097 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS TRAILING QUEEN LAB HP PRICE: $ 3.75 "Victorian Basket Coleus' Square, widely cascading stems clothed in small leaves zoned emerald, brownish-purple, then pink at the heart. Violet lipped fls. Traditional heirloom considered by some to be very close to the original species form--the one your grandmother grew all winter in a mason jar filled with water on her kitchen windowsill.

55581 COLEUS REHNELTIANUS TRAILING ROSE LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.00 Downer's selection of a 'Trailing Queen' sport with very broad central pink & tanned violet zones, with the emerald chocolate edge. Strongest color contrast of this group, but the most difficult to grow outside a greenhouse without adequate humidity and regular waterings.

55656 COLEUS SHIRENSIS LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 6.00 Impressive African "Swamp Coleus" with woody stems ranked with slate green pelted hispid elongated leaves and topped with showy panicles of azure-mauve blossoms; shared by Quail Botanic Gardens. Requires moist conditions to gain its girth.

41100 COLEUS [PLECTRANTHUS] THYRSOIDES LAB HP CGH PRICE: $ 4.00 "Flowering Coleus" Attractive much-branched compact shrub covered with spikes of indigo-blue flowers mid-winter. Easy hobby greenhouse plant as popular with growers today as with Victorian gardeners for the impressive display of mid winter blossoms. Sometimes this is classified as a Plectranthus. Very beautiful, very easy to grow--but remember this is a winter performer.

55572 COLEUS [PLECTRANTHUS] AMBOINICUS LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 3.75 Called "Cuban Oregano" or "Indian Borage" for its multiple culinary uses in Mexico & West Indies, although believed to be a native of SE Asia where its handsome foliage is used for bronchitis, asthma, headaches, burns, & scorpion sting; also the leaves can be used in tea, or to scent your laundry. Certainly the most attractive hanging basket plant we know of which is also handy to treat the results of any random misadventures you may have with your pet scorpion!

42354 COLEUS [PLECTRANTHUS] AMBOINICUS OCHRE FLAME LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 Arched stems weighed down under the weight of the succulent pelted paired leaves, each with a central pale lime flare on rich avacado green, margined with mint green crenulations; a "Spanish Thyme" with lavender-pink blossoms during the winter. Used to punch up Caribbean cooking and to treat a wide range of symptons in Asian medicine.

42086 COLEUS [PLECTRANTHUS] AMBOINICUS VARIEGATED LAB CGH HP PRICE: $ 4.75 "Margined Spanish Thyme" or "Banded Indian Borage" Heavy succulent stems arch under the weight of the showy pairs of fleshy crenate leaves bordered in bright white. New aromatic shoots in tropical culinary use, as "Cuban Oregano"--Astounding as a hanging basket subject; splendid cascading from urns and windowboxes. Excellent for drama in the winter greenhouse as well because quite reliably evergreen in nature. (In other words, you need this.)

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