Coleus is mainly grown for its colorful foliage and not its flowers, so it might be shocking to learn that some of its varieties can entice hummingbirds to check out your yard. Although many gardeners ...

The excitement for spring planting is building to a feverish pitch, and many are wondering what they can do to add more pop to their landscapes. The answer just may be ColorBlaze coleus, and I am not ...

Chrysanthemums are a quintessential autumn flower, and some types bloom year after year. Plant them with these companions for ...

The Garden Guy has been part of a lot of coleus trials over the years but I don’t remember seeing one like ColorBlaze Mini Me Chartreuse, which will make its debut in 2025. I gave it casual mention in ...

Over the years, the Garden Guy has written about the various Pantone Colors of the Year. I love applying trendy colors (as in 2024's peach) to the garden, but a new coleus making its debut has made me ...

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association “The weather just went from 90 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.”—Unknown Typically, by this time of year we’ve had some ...

It has five years ago most of us first saw Kong Junior coleuses in trials across the country. We liked what we saw but knew we had to get our hands on it to see what it could really become. Now we can ...

Rooting tip cuttings from parent plants is a way to produce new plants that are copies of the parent. It's fairly easy to do ...

First popular in Victorian gardens, many times in shapes of tapestries, coleus lost favor after the Victorian era. Their popularity was revived in the 1990’s and remain a desirable addition to many ...

It’s officially spring, which means I’m starting to think about what to plant in the garden. Coleus is one of my favorite annuals; I have several pots currently growing on windowsills in the basement.