Update! This is Ann’s Hybrid Bright Coral Mosaic all grown up! (above) Original Post from 2014: The most recent picture is the one in the cardboard box. This plant in the older picture is in the top right. It was more vivid back then and it’s more green now, but it still has the pink,…
I got both of these at Wodill Greenhouse in Beaver Dam. They didn’t come with labels, but they look like they’re from the Giant Exhibition seed mix. Researching it on the web, one of varieties in the mix is called Marble, and it looks like the multicolored one in the picture. The other one is…
I really love Coleus with a white or light yellow center. I wonder if they introduced some genetics of smaller Coleus into the Kongs to create the “Kong Jr.” series, and if that would make them overwinter better. Kongs are notoriously bad for dying on me over the winter.
Growth Update: I guess these aren’t technically Coleus, but you could have fooled me.
Growth Update: Note that the leaves start out larger and more regular. As the plant grows, the leaves get smaller and more curled.
Growth Update from 2013:
Last summer we discovered that a Mosaic Kong at some point had flowered and gone to seed in its pot. The mother plant had died, but had left us with a million Baby Kongs. We planted them and tried to overwinter them, but I must admit I was bad and didn’t take care of them…
I had a white Kong last year, but I don’t think it made it. I found this one at Koepke’s, not white, but close. Label says Mosaic, but it’s more like white with a blush, especially in the veins. Last year’s white was also labeled Mosaic.
My Coleus 
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