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How to use coleus in a sentence

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The festive container shown above pairs flowering maple in yellow with coleus in shades of ruby red, deep burgundy, lime, apple green, and cream.
Another method of monitoring watering needs is to use a biological indicator plant such as impatiens, ajuga, or coleus.
I have a large one on my desk which is taking care of two peppers, the poorly asparagus fern, my little bamboo and the last of the coleus.
Abutilon, acanthus, and nandina provide a back-drop, and double impatiens and coleus add seasonal color.
Plant impatiens with begonias, coleus, ferns, fuchsias, hydrangeas, and lobelias.
He mixes succulents with plants that have foliage of an entirely different nature, such as asparagus fern, coleus, or curly parsley.
I've had great success with basil, begonias, coleus, impatients, tomatoes, and tomatillos.
In summer months, bright annuals such as impatiens, begonia, and coleus make attractive companion plants.
Other plants that can be easily brought inside to over winter include coleus, geraniums, basil and begonias.
In coastal climates, coleus thrive in shade or sun, but pinks and other vivid shades become more intense in brighter light.
This 4-foot grass is attractive with sun coleus, pink gomphrena, orange Mexican zinnias and lime-green ornamental sweet potato.
Some of her favorite plants for container use include heather, scaevola, sweet potato vine and coleus.
The coleus will grow best in a place where it gets indirect light rather than full sun.
To kick off the 4-month plan, I started Gail on a botanical thyroid formula combining coleus, bladder wrack, guggul, kelp, ashwagandha, Siberian ginseng and Chinese skullcap.
It's not too late to plant more bush beans, summer squash, melons, peppers, eggplants, marigolds, zinnias, gomphrena, rudbeckia, coleus and caladiums.
What can we find in the garden of a thousand and one secrets: chrysanthemums, coleus and various grasses.
We also have a few lovely collections of coleus, geraniums, and day lilies.
Their 2003 catalogue lists more than 100 streptocarpus, around 40 named saintpaulias, a host of other gesneriads, coleus and 60 begonias grown mainly for foliage.
Purple leaves occur in many plants, from coleus to shrubs to trees.
For example, willow and coleus can be propagated merely by inserting a stem in water or moist soil.
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The coleus, as a window plant, affords fine color effects, but the plant is too tender to be agreeable for house-culture.
The best plants of the geranium and the coleus and many window plants are those which are not more than one year old.
Ask the children to bring the old geraniums and fuchsias and coleus, and other favorites.
More and more we are getting away from the cold, stiff planting of Canna, coleus, and Salvia.
Among foliage plants such things as coleus, dusty miller, begonia, and some geraniums are adaptable.
We do not know who is the author of this very interesting autobiography of an old and popular coleus.
Begin with some of the common herbaceous bedding-plants, such as geranium, coleus, or fuschia.
Geraniums and coleus should not be kept more than two seasons.
A number of pests can affect coleus including mealybug, whitefly and red spider mite.
To copy a similar look in your garden, plant coleus chocolate mint, gaillardia arizona sun, red hot poker to capture that sub-tropical style.
Give the coleus about six inches of lee-way, also the Centaurea.
The classic case is Coleus which are so easy to root, yet older plants always succumb to winter damp in my greenhouse.
Any variety of Coleus would make a wonderful companion to Strobilanthus.
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