What I like about the Kong coleus, Bobert, are their huge leaves - very showy and dramatic in pots on a shaded porch where it is otherwise hard to get color. I'd like them white and green too, with those large, showy leaves. That is what I like about caladiums also.


I've got "Little Miss Muffet" caladiums and white impatiens in pots on cast iron stands in the garden. As the hydrangea is turning increasingly blue, I was struck today with how nice the colors of that caladium and the hydrangea complement each other. I'd like to find a large caladium with similar foliage to plant in the ground on either side of thise hydrangea for next year.

I like extremes in pots. Either very subtle or very dramatic.