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My favorite coleus for containers

comments (1) December 22nd, 2008 in gallery

mgervais Michelle Gervais, Associate Editor
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Notice a common theme here? I ALWAYS include 'Texas Parking Lot' coleus in my container plantings. It's my absolute favorite coleus, sometimes called 'Alabama Sunset'.


posted in: The Gallery, container, coleus, gnome

Comments (1)

trollius writes: Your coleus are beautiful. I tried them in several locations last year but, no luck. Our summer was just too cool. Posted: 10:38 pm on December 27th
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