About
Coleus scutellarioides 'Winsome' is a tender perennial subshrub typically cultivated as an annual. Its foliage features a distinctive variegation, primarily displaying a mix of mid-red and yellow patterns.
About the genus
This genus consists of annual or perennial herbs and shrubs, with some species exhibiting succulent or tuberous characteristics. They are among the simplest plants to propagate. The soft-textured foliage contributes rich colors, including red, pink, green, and purple, enhancing garden beds, borders, and container arrangements.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H1C
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding, Conservatory Greenhouse, Houseplants
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow under glass in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in bright filtered to moderate light. Pot up annually in spring. Grow on outdoors in humus-rich moist but well-drained soil. Provide a sheltered frost-free environment
- Pruning
- Pinch out tips to encourage bushiness. Cut back if bringing indoors for winter
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in early spring (cultivars may not come true) or softwood cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to mealybugs, scale insects and glasshouse whitefly
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free