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A Coleus Knocked On My Door

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Solenostemon scutellarioides.

Solenostemon scutellarioides who?

Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘Crimson Gold’

No joke, those crazy taxonomists renamed the common coleus a while back to Solenostemon scutellarioides.

I checked out the pronunciation on the Fine Gardening website and have decided to stick with “coleus”. I have trouble with words that end in “ioides”