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Originally Posted by CTgolfer
I have seen several of the beds on Buena Vista and 466 (Glenview area and Walmart area) with new plants that look to be coleus. In the Northeast, we could not plant coleus in the full sun, which all these beds are. What are these plants and where can we buy them?
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I don't know where TV get their coleus, but I purchased mine by mail from
Rosy Dawn Gardens Online!. They are specially bred to survive full sun, but there is a downside - because our Florida sun is so intense they don't keep their true color. They may change color in the sun, some of them get scorched, some of them fade out to a pale yellowish color. I purchased mine at the beginning of the planting season and I am not sure whether I would bother with them again. They are expensive and I have one that was supposed to be purple which has grown into a small bush and is brown - not what I wanted.
I know there are several other nurseries growing these sun coleus and the best thing to do is to google (or whatever site you use to search) for "sun coleus" and see what comes up.
I actually purchased two from WalMart which are doing well and also kept their color!!!! Might be worth a try for you this year as we are well into the season.