ColorBlaze® Cherry Drop Coleus (scutellarioides)

ColorBlaze® Cherry Drop Coleus (scutellarioides)The new ColorBlaze Cherry Drop Coleus foliage displays a spectacular, fiery show of luxurious red leaves, yellow centers and green margins. It is a highly saturated and impressive plant that is heat tolerant and adaptable as a houseplant when placed in a bright area. Deadheading is not necessary, making it an easy to care for plant to add to containers as a thriller or your landscape to brighten up a shady corner. May have blue flowers, but the plant

With its dark green foliage that twists and spirals in the most playful way

Maintains glossy green foliage from spring to fall on an upright habit

Produces semi-double creamy-yellow flowers from planting to hard frost

graceful panicle keeps the color going strong

their bold red hue softens to coral-orange

and a pebble tray or frequent misting can help to keep humidity up around your plants

It is best used as a specimen or hedge

and yellow in the fall

Scape height: 20-22 inches

A great candidate for cut flower gardens

followed by decorative seed pods in the fall

but it also serves a functional purpose by attracting bees and butterflies