Question: My coleus plants have been making good growth and many are producing stalks of small flowers. Do I need to remove the blooms or can they remain on the plants? I kind of like them. Answer: If ...

Garden Variety is an occasional column about growing plants without grief. On the sunniest Deep South day, wisely planted under the dark green backdrop of a shady tree, a clump of coleus will shimmer ...

The excitement for spring planting is building to a feverish pitch, and many are wondering what they can do to add more pop to their landscapes. The answer just may be ColorBlaze coleus, and I am not ...

Q-I want to try growing a coleus tree. Do I start with a seedling or a cutting? There are seedlings at the garden center, but I have old plants from last year that are 2 feet tall. A-You can grow a ...

Gardeners are a curious, rebellious group. We thrive on the exotic and tend to avoid plants that are either familiar, easy to grow, or both. How else to explain the relative absence of coleus from our ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Ornamentals: Coleus thrives from spring to fall and may even persist into winter. The plant is somewhat tricky to grow since it burns in too much sun and ...

Question: I’m planting a Knock Out rose bed. I’m considering pine straw, pine mulch or cypress mulch. Any recommendations? Answer: Plants are not that particular as to the type of mulch. Of the ones ...

Romantic movies set in the Italian countryside have such a unique vintage charm. The rolling hills, the villas, and the vineyards, but most of all, the windows and balconies, overflowing with flowers ...

Q–How do you get coleus, azalea, flowering maple, lantana, geranium, oleander and chrysanthemum to become trees with thick trunks? A–It`s mostly in the training. Most bushy plants and many vines can ...