This coleus tolerates sun well, and its colors are enhanced in the sun. I grow this plant where it receives sun until about 2:00 in the afternoon.

RECIPE:
• (3) Coleus “Pineapple Splash”
• (3) Lysimachia “Aurora”

TIPS:
• I recommend some protection from the wind as this container grows taller.
• Trim the lysimachia before it reaches the ground to prevent rooting.
• This lysimachia is a hardy perennial. It forms a nice groundcover but spreads readily!
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The silvery colors in this container are separated by purple. The Purple Heart plants offer some purple highlights in the background.

RECIPE:
• (1) Licorice Plant “Icicles”
• (2) Littletunia “Blue Vein”
• (2) Dichondra “Silver Falls”
• (2) Trancescantia “Purple Heart”

TIPS:
• Trim the ends of the dichondra when they reach the ground to prevent them from rooting to the ground.
• While they look like calibrachoa, littletunias are actually miniature petunias. They stay dense and have a mounded habit, so they make great filler plants. Littletunias need little if no pruning.
• This container has a large root system so water often.
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If you love hummingbirds, then this cuphea plant is just what you need! It is a hummingbird magnet! This plant loves the heat and is covered with orange blooms all summer.

RECIPE:
• (1) Cuphea “Vermillionaire” Firecracker Plant
• (1) Sweet Potato Vine “Sweetheart Jet Black”
• (2) Calibrachoa “Calibri Orange”

TIPS:
• The cuphea plant requires no pruning.
• Do not let this container dry out.
• Trim the calibrachoa occasionally to maintain fullness and continuous blooms.
• Trim back the sweet potato vine at any time it threatens to take over the pot!
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