Sun-Tolerant Coleus

* ‘Alabama Sunset’ is an old favorite but still exceptional for its tolerance of sun. The brick-red leaves have a thin yellow edge. ‘Alabama Sunset’ is a vegetative, or sterile, coleus that blooms little and requires less maintenance.
* ‘Pat Martin’ is a large plant with burgundy leaves with yellow-green edges. It is a vegetative coleus.
* ‘Pineapple’ is bright lime-gold with burgundy stems. This easy-to-grow cultivar seldom blooms.
* ‘Saturn’ is bold and distinctive with deep burgundy leaves with a lime-gold center and a thin, scalloped lime edge. Grows to 2 feet tall.
* ‘Solar Flare’ has wide, heavy leaves of parsley green, with a red center and deep yellow fringe.
* ‘Solar Eclipse’ has serrated cherry red leaves with black markings.
* ‘Solar Furnace’ is deep red.
* ‘Solar Shadow’ is green with deep red serrated edges and tips.
* ‘Solar Spectrum’ is multicolored green, red and bronze with serrated edges.
* ‘Solar Storm’ has dark red, green and ivory deeply cut leaves.
* ‘Plum Parfait’ has purplish plum-colored ruffled leaves that develop pink margins. Developed in Texas, it is very heat-tolerant.
* ‘Burgundy Sun’ is another coleus from Texas. It has large, oval to heart-shaped leaves that are deep, rich burgundy in color. It grows 2 to 2½ feet tall and is slow to flower.

Coleus That Grow Best in Part Shade

* ‘Black Magic’ has mahogany purple leaves outlined in avocado scallops.
* ‘Brilliancy’ is an old upright variety with bright red leaves and green scalloped edges
* ‘Dark Star’ is the darkest of all the black coleus.
* ‘Duckfoot’ forms compact dwarf globes with tiny lobed, deep purple leaves. This non-blooming miniature is excellent for bed edging.
* ‘Freckles’ is polka dotted, green with red freckles.
* ‘India Frills’ forms compact mounds of tiny, finely cut leaves with elaborate ochre, pink and purple designs. This is a very low carpet coleus.
* ‘Japanese Giant’ has enormous leaves of pink and violet on a base of burgundy.
* ‘Mardi Gras’ has red, green and yellow leaves and a compact growth habit.
* ‘Purple Emperor’ has deeply ruffled, solid black-purple foliage.
* ‘Red Ruffles’ has red, wavy leaves and green margins.
* ‘Sunset’ is a compact variety with terrific russet-red foliage all season.
* ‘The Line’ is tall with elongated gold leaves with a line of deep purple along the midvein.
* ‘Thumbellina’ has tiny, rounded leaves of green and burgundy on a compact plant.