Unit Description: 50 Plants / Tray
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| Family: | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus: | Coleus |
| Cultivar: | Combat |
Category: | SUMMER PATIO FOLIAGE |
Current Availability:
6 Tray/s Available
Description
Dramatic camouflage of greens, reds and yellows described perfectly by the name 'Combat'.
Height / Spread / Trail
50 x 37cm
Flowering Time
July - September
Possible Situation
The Victorians often planted in the border, but are equally suitable for the container with other varieties of Coleus and grasses. The containers can be brought inside for the winter.
Ideal Conditions
Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Temperature Tolerance
To keep this plant over winter it must be kept in a frost free area.
Plant Care
De-head any unwanted flowers as they appear.
Suggested pot sizes to transplant plugs : 11cm : 1 Litre
Osteospermum jucundum compactum This hardy variety is reasonably early flowering and compact in outdoor conditions. Florets age from mauve-pink to magenta-purple. | Leaves with huge cinnamon stars are surrounded by the loveliest intense orange tea coloured borders. The big, palmate cut leaves darken in the summer and lighten up again in the autumn. Its H. villosa origins give it a big bold habit and summer heat tolerance. |
Creamy white flowers splashed and frilled with mauve. One of the strongest scented Viola in the range. | Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' (VR) This is a wild selection of the Mexican Salvia microphylla - with small green leaves and unique scarlet-red and white, two-toned flowers. Depending on temperature and moisture these will tend to appear almost completely red or white at any one time, but usually both colours are showing. |
This is technically part of the "fertile blue group" of Meconopsis. Not common in cultivation, but this is a reliable form of this perennial from The Himalayas, with enormous electric, cobalt-blue flowers, up to four inches (10cm) across and distinctive rusty brown hairs on the stems and new leaves. Certainly the best form of this group available in the world today. |