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Coleus 'Kong Rose'

Common Name

Coleus

Soil

Any with good drainage (Sand or Chalk)

Sun Aspect

Part Shade or Full Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Bush Summer Bedding Plant

Height x Spacing in feet

1.5 x 1.5

Foliage

Bright Green with Pink midrib and Burgundy veins.

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

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Bedding Plant Use

Bedding Out

Filling In

Pots and Troughs

Window Boxes

Comment

Plant this foliage plant in the Spring after danger of frost has passed in May and add slow-release fertiliser at the same time. Pinch out terminal growing tips every 5 weeks to prevent flowering and get more compact growth.

How to care for this plant. Best Coleus varieties and cultivars to plant. Available as seed from Summer Hill Seeds. Coleus Finder provides details of where to get other Coleus varieties.

Photographs from Dan Whiting of Ball Colegrave Limited. Ball Colegrave Limited sell Summer Colour (Summer Bedding) only to nursery growers - like KinderGarden Plants Ltd. KinderGarden Plants Ltd only sell their grown plants to Garden Centres.