Sun coleus looks cool during hot Southwest Austin summers
March 27, 2012
I first encountered coleus as a college botany student. Our textbook detailed classic experiments showing the dramatic effects of light and darkness on the plant. The course professor also required each class member to grow a coleus cutting in water at home and then to graph its rate of root development over several weeks.
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