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Growing Tips:

  • Prefers full shade but can take some partial shade

  • This combination of plants does best in warm summer temperatures

  • If Coleus start to flower, pinch them out

  • Plants like regular water. Keep moist but not soggy; allow soil to dry out a bit between waterings

  • Feed every two weeks with a water-soluble fertilizer. Hydrolyzed fish fertilizer mixed with kelp is a great water-soluble fertilizer combination



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Planting Guide:



Container is rectangular

Dimensions: 36 x 12 inches (92 x 30 cm)


Plant Names & Comments:

  1. Coleus
    (Coleus x hybridus)
    Attractive golden color. Most coleus perform best in partial shade. Typically the more red pigment the foliage has, the more sun tolerant the plant tends to be, so golden or yellow leaved coleus will do best in shade

  2. Impatiens
    Comes in too many colors to list here. Great plants for shady areas

  3. Impatiens
    Comes in too many colors to list here. Great plants for shady areas

  4. Impatiens
    Comes in too many colors to list here. Great plants for shady areas

  5. Dichondra
    (Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls')
    Velvety silver leaves with trailing habit



1. Coleus - Golden



2. Impatiens - Gold



3. Impatiens - Blue



4. Impatiens - Orange



5. Dichondra - Silver Falls




Some Information and Pictures from Ball Horticulture
 




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