Plant Name

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Coleus 'Kong Scarlet'

Common Name

Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle

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 1.7

Foliage

Stained glass effect of Scarlet, Burgundy and Green

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 maintain large leaf size.

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.