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ColorBlaze® Cherry Drop Coleus | Proven Winners®

Features

Characteristics

Plant Needs

Trailing coleus are indispensable components for containers and landscapes, so we’re excited to add a new color option to our ColorBlaze Drop line. Small, intense red leaves with lime green edges form a dense, cascading mass. This outstanding new cultivar retains its vivid coloration when grown in both sun and shade. Plus, it’s propensity to bloom very late or not at all extends its garden performance all the way until frost

Adaptable As Houseplant
Foliage Interest
Deadheading Not Necessary

Characteristics

Plant Type:

Annual

Height Category:

Medium

Garden Height:

14 - 18 Inches

Spacing:

12 - 18 Inches

Spread:

18 - 24 Inches

Trails Up To:

24 Inches

Foliage Colors:

Green, Multicolored, White

Flower Colors:

Blue, Red, Yellow

Flower Shade:

Blue

Foliage Shade:

Red, Yellow

Habit:

Mounding Trailing

Container Role:

Spiller

Tolerant to:

Heat

Resists:

Deer

Plant Needs

Light Requirement:

Sun or Shade

Maintenance Category:

Easy

Bloom Time:

Grown for Foliage

Hardiness Zones:

10a, 10b, 11a, 11b

Water Category:

Average

Uses:

Container, Groundcover, Landscape, Mass Planting

Light Requirement:

The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).Uses Notes:

Trailing habit is great in beds, containers and combinations.

Maintenance Notes:

Coleus are easy plants to grow and come in a wide array of colors, habits and sizes. Many people feel that coleus look best before they flower. To keep foliage in top shape, pinch off the blooms as they appear if you wish. Plants will do best when grown in moist conditions, although they can usually bounce back well from moderate wilting. Coleus grown in containers will do best with regular water soluble plant food applications or an application of controlled release plant food.

Trimming to tidy the plant or to remove flowers can be use as needed and will likely increase branching.

Coleus may be able to winter over indoors.

Rules of Thumb for Overwintering Plants Indoors:

1. Choose only healthy plants

2. Bring Plants indoors before frost damages foliage

3. Treat for disease and insects before bringing plants indoors

4. Place in bright areas and add humidity using pebble trays or spray bottles

5. Be careful not to over water

6 When active growth starts in spring fertilize and prune as needed

7. Introduce your plants slowly to outdoor conditions in spring

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