Companion plants for Coleus
Coleus is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming alongside
Northern Sea Oats
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Rhododendron
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 6 ft, for the layer behind it.
Camellia
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 6.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Gardenia
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it.
Bergenia
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Hellebore
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Japanese Forest Grass
Shares part shade and moderate water; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds.
Christmas Fern
Takes part shade to full shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.