Identification: Unidentified (flying) Coleus--not actually flying...

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  1. SweetyMargie

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    Hi everybody!

    I was wondering if anyone out there would like to weigh in a little on what kind of Coleus they think this might be... [sorry: one pic is tilted...]

    I did a search and at first I thought it was an Atlas, but then I noticed a few differences in coloration--namely that the leaves of mine have NO green on the edges, the edges are all purple.
    I'm starting to wonder of that lovely yellow coloration is indicative of poor care, when at one time I thought they just had lots of pretty colors.
     

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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Its one of many thousands of cultivars of Plectranthus scutellarioides, the so-called "Coleus" of gardens. Since many of them are grown from seed, you might never find a perfect match with a vegetatively propagated named cultivar.
     
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