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ColorBlaze® Chocolate Drop Coleus scutellarioides

Exposure
  • Sun or Shade
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
2' 2' 61cm 61cm
Height: 18" - 2'
Spread: 18" - 2'
Height: 46cm - 61cm
Spread: 46cm - 61cm
  • 18 - 24 Inches
    12 - 18 Inches
    18 - 24 Inches
    46cm - 61cm
    30cm - 46cm
    46cm - 61cm

    Features

    Lobed, rounded green leaves have a deep crimson center and crimson venation

    Award Winner
    Foliage Interest
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm
    Trails Up To: 
    24 Inches 61cm
    Spacing: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Spread: 
    18 - 24 Inches 46cm - 61cm
    Foliage Colors: 
    Black
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Multicolored
    Habit: 
    Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    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: 
    Container
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Trailing habit is great in beds, containers and combinations

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Many people feel that coleus look best before they flower. To keep foliage in top shape, pinch off the blooms as they appear if you wish.

    Rules of Thumb for Overwintering Plants Indoors:

    1. Choose only healthy plants

    2. Bring Plants indoors before frost damages foliage

    3. Treat for disease and insects before bringing plants indoors

    4. Place in bright areas and add humidity using pebble trays or spray bottles

    5. Be careful not to over water

    6 When active growth starts in spring fertilize and prune as needed

    7. Introduce your plants slowly to outdoor conditions in spring

    ColorBlaze® Chocolate Drop Coleus scutellarioides 'Kakegawa CE2'
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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • Ordered 8 of these. One arrived damaged and two are dead less than two weeks after planting. Not a great success rate. Provenwinners refuses to take any responsibility for plants that were in very poor shape. Buyer beware!

      Frank Panella
      , New York
      , United States
      , 7 years ago
    • Kelcy
      , 12 years ago
    • I was given this for Mother's Day ... and it is my favorite plant EVER! Very pretty and spreads nicely!

      Dea
      , Pennsylvania
      , United States
      , 15 years ago
    • Very hearty as house plant. Very easy to propagate by clippings in water. Mine is very unusual texture and color. Deep red (looks like chocolate) almost to edge, then ¼ inch light green edge. Trails over pot. Has cream or white tiny flowers.

      Russell Studebaker
      , Virginia
      , United States
      , 15 years ago
  • Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2024 Top Performer - In Ground - Sun Dallas Arboretum
    2024 Top Performer - Hanging Basket - Sun Dallas Arboretum
    2023 Perfect Score Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens
    2023 Top Performer Oklahoma State University Botanical Gardens
    2023 Top Performer Boerner Botanical Garden
    2023 Best of Show - Shade, Best of Species Penn State University
    2023 Director's Select - Sun Penn State University
    2023 Perfect Score - Container University of Minnesota - Grand Rapids
    2023 Best of Breed - containers North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum
    2023 Top Performer University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale
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