Learn about the Best Types of Coleus Varieties and add a dash of bold contrast to your home and garden with these dramatic foliage plants!
Coleus is an ornamental plant from the Lamiaceae family with variegated, colorful, and patterned leaves that can liven up any shady areas of your home and garden! Read more about the best coleus varieties in the below article to pick the best one for yourself!
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Best Types of Coleus Varieties
1. Stained Glassworks Kiwi Fern
Height/Spread: 12-24 inches tall, 18 inches spread
Color: Yellow-pink edges with burgundy leaves
Kiwi fern is low maintenance coleus that brings delicate and fine texture to any garden. This colorful coleus variety prefers a warm climate, partial shade, and well-draining soil.
2. Rustic Orange
Height/Spread: 18-24 inches tall, 15-18 inches spread
Color: Orange
The vibrant orange foliage of Solenostemon ‘Rustic Orange’ is ideal for borders or garden beds. Use the warm color of this beautiful coleus variety to brighten up your garden or interior space!
3. Fishnet Stockings
Height/Spread: 24-36 inches tall, 12-16 inches spread
Color: Lime green and burgundy
The upright, tall ‘Fishnet stockings’ have burgundy veins on lime green leaves, giving it a stunning appearance! Place the plant in part sun and water regularly in the dry season.
4. Wizard Mix
Height/Spread: 8-10 inches tall, 10-14 inches spread
Color: Chartreuse, pink, and red
Add colors to the shady beds and dark corners of your home with the impressive beauty of the ‘Wizard mix.’ The large, heart-shaped leaves prefer moist soil and full shade to part sun to maintain the glory of their color!
5. Henna
Height/Spread: 14-28 inches tall, 14-16 inches spread
Color: Copper and chartreuse with burgundy undersides
The award-winning ‘Henna’ variety offers frilly-edged chartreuse leaves with burgundy to magenta edges. Grow them in full sun to partial shade for vibrant foliage colors.
6. Trailing Plum
Height/Spread: 10-12 inches tall, 18-24 inches spread
Color: Neon pink
The dramatic foliage of ‘Trailing plum’ is sun-loving. Also, it is one of the best types of coleus that cascade down! Grow them in rich, moist, and well-draining soil.
7. Black Dragon
Height/Spread: 12-14 inches tall, 10-12 inches spread
Color: Deep burgundy with purple-black edges
Add a charismatic look to your garden by growing a ‘Black Dragon.’ It boasts a volcano, lava-like striking foliage that thrives well in full to partial shade, making it one of the best coleus varieties to grow!
8. Limelight
Height/Spread: 12-16 inches tall, 12-15 inches spread
Color: Chartreuse
‘Limelight’ is one of the Giant Exhibition coleus series! The bright, neon lime-green leaves is best for containers and gardens. Thanks to its stunning foliage, it goes well with every color!
9. Picture Perfect Salmon Pink
Height/Spread: 30 inches tall with the same spread
Color: Green undersides with burgundy-salmon and pink variegated leaves
The pastel-toned leaves of ‘Picture perfect salmon pink’ look artistically hand-painted. You can grow this masterpiece on the borders of your garden and in pots in full to partial shade.
10. Big Red Judy
Height/Spread: 24-40 inches tall, 18-36 inches spread
Color: Red
Pair the red leaves of ‘Big Red Judy’ with ornamental grasses or other plants! The large and upright, velvety leaves grow well in full sun to full shade. You can use them as a thriller in containers or as an edging plant as well.
11. Super-Fine Rainbow Festive Dance
Height/Spread: 12-15 inches tall, 10-14 inches spread
Color: Chocolate brown
The rich, chocolate-brown, or bronze leaves of this beautiful coleus variety have a fiery orange center and green edges. You can grow this attractive plant in containers or garden beds, both!
12. Kong Lime SpriteburHeight/Spread: 20-24 inches tall, 15-18 inches spread
Color: Lime green and mahogany leaves
The beautiful lime green leaves with a mahogany red splash in the center make it one of the best coleus varieties to grow! The plant can brighten up any interior or garden with its lively colors. It prefers shade, as the leaves can burn in the direct, hot sun.
13. Premium Sun Chocolate Covered Cherry
Height/Spread: 12-18 inches
Color: Mahogany, red, and green
The bold leaves of this coleus have a deep mahogany hue with a rose center and thin green margins. Plant it on borders or containers in full sun.
14. Wizard Jade
Height/Spread: 12-14 inches
Color: Vibrant green
‘Wizard Jade’ offers ivory leaves patterned in wide green edges. This bushy, compact plant prefers filtered shade and moist soil.
15. Wizard Velvet Red
Height/Spread: 12-14 inches
Color: Red
The deep red velvety foliage with green ribbon on the edges looks magnificent on shaded borders or pots. You can grow it indoors as well on a sunny windowsill.
16. Wizard Coral Sunrise
Height/Spread: 12-14 inches
Color: Salmon Pink and Olive Green
This pretty coleus offer toothed leaves with salmon pink centers. The edges are olive green and bright green. It can tolerate sun, humidity, and heat.
17. Superfine Rainbow Masterblend Mix
Height/Spread: 12-15 inches
Color: Multicolored
This colorful variety shows off a fusion of many shades together. It is a robust and bushier cultivar that looks great on beds and borders.
18. Superfine Rainbow Festive Dance
Height/Spread: 12-15 inches
Color: Chocolate-brown or bronze leaves
This variety features rich chocolate brown or bronze foliage with an orange center and gray-green margins.
19. Giant Exhibition Magma Coleus
Height/Spread: 16-20 inches
Color: Purple-red leaves
‘Magma’ produces molten purple-red foliage embellished with green edges. Grow it under filtered or afternoon shade in moist soil.
20. Giant Exhibition Rustic Red Coleus
Height/Spread: 18-20 inches
Color: Rusty red
This showy coleus offers rusty-red foliage with yellow margins. It prefers filtered or afternoon shade and moist soil.
21. Giant Exhibition Palisandra
Height/Spread: 16-20 inches
Color: Deep purple-black leaves
It boasts huge velvety leaves in a deep purple-black hue. This vigorous grower favors afternoon or filtered shade and moist soil.
22. Premium Sun Crimson Gold
Height/Spread: 18-20 inches tall
Color: Crimson gold
The crimson leaves are adorned in a lovely ribbon of gold is one of the best coleus varieties. It has won Dallas Arboretum’s ‘Flameproof’ award (flourishes in Texas heat).
23. Premium Sun Dark Chocolate
Height/Spread: 24-30 inches
Color: Mahogany brown
This gorgeous coleus cultivar from the premium series produces rich mahogany brow shaded leaves. If grown in full sun, the leaves will reflect burgundy tones on leaves.
24. Premium Sun Watermelon
Height/Spread: 16-20 inches
Color: Pink, Cream, Lime-green
This annual has beautiful pink leaves with cream highlights and lime green edges. It does well in filtered or partial sun and moist soil.
25. Premium Sun Pineapple Surprise
Height/Spread: 20-28 inches
Color: burgundy, chartreuse, green
‘Premium Sun Pineapple Surprise’ showcases patterned multi-hued leaves in the colors of green, burgundy, and chartreuse. It can tolerate full sun or filtered shade.
26. Kong Rose Coleus
Height/Spread: 20-24 inches
Color: Rose hue with green edges
This well-branched, fast-growing beautiful coleus features large leaves with a rose-hued center and wide green margins. It favors shade as direct sunlight can burn the foliage.
27. Fairway Yellow
Height/Spread: 8-10 inches
Color: Chartreuse and soft yellow
The chartreuse leaves veined in a soft-yellow shade of this dwarf coleus look adorable in gardens with contrasting blooms. It looks perfect in containers, beds, and hanging baskets.
28. Fairway Orange Coleus
Height/Spread: 8-10 inches
Color: Apricot orange, magenta, and chartreuse
This ornamental variety showcases apricot-orange leaves with serrated chartreuse edges veined in a magenta hue. It prefers filtered shade and moist soil.
29. Fairway Mosaic Coleus
Height/Spread: 8-10 inches
Color: Yellow-green, red strips
‘Fairway Mosaic’ features Arlequin-style foliage in distinct patterns with a blend of yellow-green and red streaks. This coleus variety is widely grown in warm and cold climates.
30. Rainbow Mix Improved
Height/Spread: 15-20 inches tall
Color: Multicolored
This medium-sized coleus offers velvety leaves in many shades of bronze, chartreuse, magenta, gold, red, gold, and green.
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Coleus are in a class of their own. My first time here. Looking forward to coming here often. Thanks for great posts
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