ColorBlaze® Torchlight® Coleus scutellarioides

4.25”  POT 

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Exposure

• Sun or Shade

Flower Season

• Spring
• Summer

Mature Size

Height: 2' - 3'4"

Spread: 18" - 3'

Plant is not sold online.

• DETAILS

  FEATURES

  Fuchsia, maroon and green foliage on well-branched plants.  Sun to shade tolerant and great in both landscapes and containers.

  Award Winner

  Adaptable As Houseplant

  Foliage Interest

  Heat Tolerant

  Deadheading Not Necessary

  Resists: 

  Deer

  CHARACTERISTICS

  Plant Type: 

  Annual

  Height Category: 

  Tall

  Garden Height: 

  24 - 40 Inches61cm - 1.0m

  Spacing: 

  18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm

  Spread: 

  18 - 36 Inches 46cm - 91cm

  Foliage Colors: 

  Green

  Pink

  Purple

  Red

  Foliage Shade: 

  Fuchsia, maroon-purple and green tricolor foliage

  Habit: 

  Upright

  Container Role: 

  Thriller

  PLANT NEEDS

  Light Requirement: 

  Sun or Shade

  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).

  Maintenance Category: 

  Easy

  Bloom Time: 

  Grown for Foliage

  Hardiness Zones: 

  10a, 10b, 11a, 11b

  Water Category: 

  Average

  Uses: 

  Border Plant

  Container

  Landscape

  Mass Planting

  Uses Notes: 

  Great in containers and landscapes.  They work well in both sun and shade.

  Maintenance Notes: 

  These are heat tolerant plants, that aren't particularly fussy and they need little routine maintenance. They will perform best if an application of controlled release fertilizer is included at the time of planting. This applies to both landscape and container plantings. The plants aren't particularly heavy feeders, so a single dose is usually sufficient for landscape beds in most climates. If you have a very long season, a second application of controlled release plant food should be considered for landcape beds. In general, containers need to be fed more than landscape plants. A second application of a controlled release fertilizer should be applied about every two months to container plants or you can regularly apply water soluble fertilizer starting about two months after the containers are planted. These extra applications of plant food can really make a difference in performance through the summer.

  If your plant begins to look open or a bit tired, an allover trim can be beneficial.  Use a sharp pair of scissors or pruning shears to trim back up to 1/3 of the volume of the plant. I pair any trim with a dose of water soluble fertilizer to provide instant energy to help kickstart new growth and branching. Your plant will take some to recover from the trim, but the end result is a fuller, more dense plant going forward. You may repeat the trim as needed through the season.

  PICTURES AND INFORMATION COPIED FROM PROVEN WINNERS