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Next-Generation Coleus: Genetics Built for the Real World

August 17, 2026

Bred by the perennial pioneers at GardenGenetics®, these exciting new lines of premier Coleus are engineered to solve the industry’s toughest challenges. Equip your lineup with advanced genetics designed to overcome climate, shipping and maintenance problems we’re all too familiar with.

The Coleus Flexi™ Series: Engineered for the Rugged Trail

Forget fragile varieties that can’t handle less than perfect transit or weather events.

The Flexi™ Series introduces a new standard of structural resilience. Offering flexible, self-supporting stems and dense branching, these durable varieties absorb impact, minimize shipping loss and effortlessly weather summer storms.

  • Coleus Flexi™ Butterscotch: Golden-beige on top with rich red-violet underneath, supported by a resilient, soft-stemmed structure.
  • Coleus Flexi™ Cinnamon: A striking, solid red version deploying the signature long, pointed, flexible leaf shape.
  • Coleus Flexi™ Original: A color-shifting pioneer maturing from deep red-violet to showcase a bright rose center and creamy margins.
  • Coleus Flexi™ Purple Lance: Dark red-violet lance-shaped leaves forming an exceptionally dense, high-impact mound.

Coleus GardenScape™ Series: Dominate the Full-Sun Frontier

Dominate the full-sun frontier.

The GardenScape™ Series is engineered for large-scale, massed garden borders. These large, vigorous, upright plants are exceptionally sun-tolerant—maintaining their brilliant, high-impact colors all season long with consistent moisture and nutrition.

  • Coleus GardenScape™ Bright Day: Large, brilliant bright yellow leaves anchored by a central red splash and red-violet veins.
  • Coleus GardenScape™ Burgundy Velvet: Robust upright structure boasting rich dark red-violet foliage with a deep red center.
  • Coleus GardenScape™ Calvados: The ultimate patio container recruit, deploying a dense mound of bright gold with large red-violet splashes.
  • Coleus GardenScape™ Lemon Zest: Bright lemon-yellow foliage that develops a beautiful late-season splash of red along the midrib.
  • Coleus GardenScape™ Red Rock: Features a unique, “crispy” rugosity in rich dark red, perfect for a high-impact thriller or pillar plant.
  • Coleus GardenScape™ Rose Surprise: Large dark red-violet leaves that deliver a stunning mid-season surprise with a brilliant rose splash.