Buntnessel Pinto Mix - Solenostemon

The Buntnessel 'Pinto Mix' offers a stunning mix of colours. It's an intense festival of fluorescent lime green, magenta, pink, rust, and purple. The leaves are plain or speckled, spotted, splashed, and adorned with a pretty scalloped border. The Coleus is a herbaceous plant grown as an annual in the garden due to its low hardiness or as a perennial indoors. Outdoors, ideally grow it in bright partial shade to prevent its foliage from being damaged by scorching sun.

Coléus, also known as Buntnessel, formerly Manna-Esche, are plants related to Basilikum and nettles. They belong to the family Lamiaceae, as indicated by their small two-lipped flowers with elongated lower lip, their fleshy square-sectioned stems, and their toothed and velvety leaves on the underside. This genus comprises around sixty species of tender shrubby perennials, native to Asia and tropical Africa. Horticulture has given rise to numerous hybrids and cultivars, including many descendants of the Solenostemon scutellarioides.

The 'Pinto Mix' blend is designed to add colour and brightness to pots or borders with an intense colour festival! Coléus are easy to grow from seeds and, with minimal care, will flourish from spring until the first frosts. They will reach 50 cm in height and 30 in width. Coléus produce small pink flowers from June to October, but are primarily grown for the sumptuous hues of their variegated foliage.

With its robust constitution, 'Pinto Mix' is ideal as a focal point in a border or as a complement to other plants to enhance them. The light intensity it receives will directly affect the colouration of its foliage. Equally happy in a pot as in the ground, indoors as well as outdoors, they are the epitome of versatility. They will appreciate a light and rich soil. In the garden, plant them on the edge of a border of tall perennials or shrubs, or in a cool rockery. They can be paired with flowering plants like bedding begonias in flowerpots for a beautiful contrast and a foliage setting. Their rich colours are so vibrant that they are quite challenging to pair, and in such a colourful mix, they stand out on their own, but they can be combined with other plain-leaved foliage plants like ferns, for a more serene look. They also make beautiful indoor plants.