Wizard Velvet Red (Coleus 'Wizard Velvet Red') - foliage plant, illustrated plant card

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Wizard Velvet Red

Coleus 'Wizard Velvet Red'

Wizard Velvet Red is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time

Foliage plant

Hardiness

Zones 10–11

Sun

Part shade

Water

Moderate water

Mature size

1.3 ft × 12 in

Type

Annual

Verification

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Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 10–11. Expect it to reach about 1.3 ft tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.

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When to plant Wizard Velvet Red

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Wizard Velvet Red into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 10 in January.

One of 13 in the Coleus family. Same plant, same care.

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