| Sold in Liners of 288 Sold as 250 | |
| Price Per Plug: | 13.8¢ |
| Total Per Tray: | $34.50 |
Black Dragon, also known as Solenostemon scutellarioides, is an ornamental member of the Mint family native to Southeast Asia. This cultivar offers serrated, oval leaves a striking shade of purple-black with vivid green stems and veins, making for dramatic contrast. It has a mounding habit of 12-24" tall and wide, with inconspicuous white flowers in late summer. Perennial in zone 10-11, Coleus flourishes as a low-maintenance summer annual for mixed containers, hanging baskets, or landscape borders. While it isn't cold-hardy, Coleus can overwinter indoors or grow as a houseplant. Black Dragon excels in full sun or partial shade with minimal water, starring in the tropical or modern garden with striking texture and color. Grow Black Dragon alongside Coleus Kong Lime Sprite for eye-catching contrast in any landscape.
Sell Black Dragon seedling plugs to customers looking for unique foliage to add to a mixed container, landscape border, or houseplant collection. Customers love this plant's low-maintenance, attractive foliage and versatility. It's heat and shade tolerant, requiring little more than regular water and full to partial shade to flourish from spring until frost. While Coleus is perennial in zone 10-11, it can overwinter indoors or grow as a houseplant in bright indirect light. This variety has a mounding habit well-suited to mixed containers, borders, and houseplant collections. Create an inviting modern landscape border or patio container by pairing this plant with Begonia, Calibrachoa, Fuchsia, Impatiens, Ipomoea, and Lantana.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12" apart in well-drained soil in filtered sun or partial shade.
2. Water regularly and don't allow the soil to dry out.
3. Pinch off flowers as they appear, encouraging all the plant's energy to go into its prized foliage.
For best results with Black Dragon, plant one seedling plug per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5, EC of 1.5-2.5 mS/cm, temperature of 75-85 daytime and 60-65 nighttime, and medium feed (200-300 ppm N). Grow this plant in bright, indirect light and don't pinch. Use daminozide to control height if needed. Watch for spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and whiteflies. You may see leaf spot and powdery mildew.
Most gardeners prize Black Dragon for its colorful, unique foliage. While Coleus does produce small white flowers in summer, we recommend pinching off flower spikes to encourage the plant to develop its foliage.
Pinching this plant will cause smaller foliage and delayed crop times.
We recommend spacing 4-inch containers 12-18" on center for sufficient airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
PGRs may be unnecessary with proper cultural controls. Provide appropriate light, irrigation, and fertilizer. If needed, apply Daminozide (B-Nine) at 2,500-5,000 ppm two or three weeks after transplanting. Ethephon may increase branching as well as controlling height. Don't pinch to prevent legginess.
Watch for spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and whiteflies. Implement an Integrated Pest Management plan in your commercial greenhouse to protect your crops from damage and preserve your resources.
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that cause damage by sucking sap from plant tissue. They reproduce quickly and are particularly attracted to young growth. Curling and yellowed leaves, stunted growth, and stickiness on leaves are signs of an infestation. These insects also spread diseases and reproduce rapidly. Use biological controls or horticultural oils to discourage and kill aphids.
Spider Mites are tiny pests that cause stippling, yellowing, and webbing on foliage by feeding on plant sap. They flourish in warm, dry environments. Use correct water and fertilizing practices; over-fertilizing can attract spider mites. Proper humidity levels, predatory mites or ladybugs, and insecticidal soaps or oils may prevent or address a spider mite infestation.
Mealybugs are small, white, soft-bodied insects that feed on plant sap. They are covered in powdery wax, which gives them a cottony appearance. They reproduce and spread rapidly. Inspect plants regularly for signs of an infestation, including white, cottony masses on foliage. Always check new plants before bringing them into the greenhouse. Remove any highly infested plants from the greenhouse for quarantine or disposal. Introduce beneficial insects like ladybugs, lacewings, and parasitic wasps as biological controls for mealybug populations and apply insecticidal soap or horticultural oils to disrupt lifecycles and feeding. Maintaining a sanitary greenhouse and eliminating debris can deter pest infestations.
Whiteflies are small, winged insects that eat plant sap and cause yellowed leaves and stunted growth. Severe infestations can lead to plants dying. Prevent infestations by sanitizing surfaces and tools and removing debris. Introduce natural predators and use sticky traps to control populations. Insecticidal soaps and oils are also effective against this pest.
You may see bacterial leaf spot and powdery mildew. Scout for pests and disease and act at the first sign of infection to prevent extensive damage to your crops.
Bacterial Leaf Spot results from a bacterial pathogen and causes water-soaked yellow or brown lesions on foliage. These may merge and cause leaves to turn yellow and drop. Prevent bacterial leaf spot by practicing sanitation and hygiene, watering at the base of each plant, and space plants for adequate circulation and light penetration. At the first signs of infection, remove the affected leaves and treat the remaining plants with a copper-based fungicide like hydroxide, sulfate, oxychloride, or octanoate. Use fungicides carefully according to the label's instructions, and be aware that applying copper-based fungicides at high rates or during hot, dry weather can lead to phytotoxicity.
Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease that thrives in humid conditions, appearing as a white or gray coating on foliage and flowers. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend horizontal airflow fans to help control humidity levels alongside a dehumidifier or manual venting. Remove and destroy infected plants and apply fungicides as needed or preventatively. Look for the active ingredients myclobutanil, trifloxystrobin, or potassium bicarbonate to combat Powdery Mildew threatening your seedling plugs.
We recommend planting one seedling plug per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil and center the ellepot in the container. Cell packs finish in four or five weeks.
| 4 Inch crop time | 4-8 Weeks |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Color | Dark Purple |
| Habit | Mounding |
| Height | 12-24 Inches |
| Light | Bright Indirect/Filtered, Partial Shade, Partial Sun |
| Minimum Temp | 60 |
| Perennial Zone | 10-11 |
| Water Needs | Moderate |
| Patented Plant | No |
| 01-20-2025 (Week 04) | 0 |
|---|---|
| 01-27-2025 (Week 05) | 0 |
| 02-03-2025 (Week 06) | 0 |
| 02-10-2025 (Week 07) | 0 |
| 02-17-2025 (Week 08) | 3,500 |
| 02-24-2025 (Week 09) | 4,000 |
| 03-03-2025 (Week 10) | 3,750 |
| 03-10-2025 (Week 11) | 4,000 |
| 03-17-2025 (Week 12) | 4,000 |
| 03-24-2025 (Week 13) | 4,000 |
| 03-31-2025 (Week 14) | 4,000 |
| 04-07-2025 (Week 15) | 4,000 |
| 04-14-2025 (Week 16) | 3,500 |
| 04-21-2025 (Week 17) | 4,000 |
| 04-28-2025 (Week 18) | 4,000 |
| 05-05-2025 (Week 19) | 4,000 |
| 05-12-2025 (Week 20) | 4,000 |
| 05-19-2025 (Week 21) | 4,000 |
| 05-26-2025 (Week 22) | 4,000 |
| 06-02-2025 (Week 23) | 4,000 |
| 06-09-2025 (Week 24) | 4,000 |
| 06-16-2025 (Week 25) | 4,000 |
| 06-23-2025 (Week 26) | 4,000 |
| 06-30-2025 (Week 27) | 4,000 |
| 07-07-2025 (Week 28) | 4,000 |
| 07-14-2025 (Week 29) | 4,000 |
| 07-21-2025 (Week 30) | 4,000 |
| 07-28-2025 (Week 31) | 0 |
| 08-04-2025 (Week 32) | 0 |
| 08-11-2025 (Week 33) | 0 |
| 08-18-2025 (Week 34) | 0 |
| 08-25-2025 (Week 35) | 0 |
| 09-01-2025 (Week 36) | 0 |
| 09-08-2025 (Week 37) | 0 |
| 09-15-2025 (Week 38) | 0 |
| 09-22-2025 (Week 39) | 0 |
| 09-29-2025 (Week 40) | 0 |
| 10-06-2025 (Week 41) | 0 |
| 10-13-2025 (Week 42) | 0 |
Black Dragon, also known as Solenostemon scutellarioides, is an ornamental member of the Mint family native to Southeast Asia. This cultivar offers serrated, oval leaves a striking shade of purple-black with vivid green stems and veins, making for dramatic contrast. It has a mounding habit of 12-24" tall and wide, with inconspicuous white flowers in late summer. Perennial in zone 10-11, Coleus flourishes as a low-maintenance summer annual for mixed containers, hanging baskets, or landscape borders. While it isn't cold-hardy, Coleus can overwinter indoors or grow as a houseplant. Black Dragon excels in full sun or partial shade with minimal water, starring in the tropical or modern garden with striking texture and color. Grow Black Dragon alongside Coleus Kong Lime Sprite for eye-catching contrast in any landscape.
Sell Black Dragon seedling plugs to customers looking for unique foliage to add to a mixed container, landscape border, or houseplant collection. Customers love this plant's low-maintenance, attractive foliage and versatility. It's heat and shade tolerant, requiring little more than regular water and full to partial shade to flourish from spring until frost. While Coleus is perennial in zone 10-11, it can overwinter indoors or grow as a houseplant in bright indirect light. This variety has a mounding habit well-suited to mixed containers, borders, and houseplant collections. Create an inviting modern landscape border or patio container by pairing this plant with Begonia, Calibrachoa, Fuchsia, Impatiens, Ipomoea, and Lantana.
Coach Your Customer
1. Space plants 12" apart in well-drained soil in filtered sun or partial shade.
2. Water regularly and don't allow the soil to dry out.
3. Pinch off flowers as they appear, encouraging all the plant's energy to go into its prized foliage.
For best results with Black Dragon, plant one seedling plug per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5, EC of 1.5-2.5 mS/cm, temperature of 75-85 daytime and 60-65 nighttime, and medium feed (200-300 ppm N). Grow this plant in bright, indirect light and don't pinch. Use daminozide to control height if needed. Watch for spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and whiteflies. You may see leaf spot and powdery mildew.
Most gardeners prize Black Dragon for its colorful, unique foliage. While Coleus does produce small white flowers in summer, we recommend pinching off flower spikes to encourage the plant to develop its foliage.
Pinching this plant will cause smaller foliage and delayed crop times.
We recommend spacing 4-inch containers 12-18" on center for sufficient airflow and sunlight penetration around the base and foliage of each plant.
PGRs may be unnecessary with proper cultural controls. Provide appropriate light, irrigation, and fertilizer. If needed, apply Daminozide (B-Nine) at 2,500-5,000 ppm two or three weeks after transplanting. Ethephon may increase branching as well as controlling height. Don't pinch to prevent legginess.
Watch for spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and whiteflies. Implement an Integrated Pest Management plan in your commercial greenhouse to protect your crops from damage and preserve your resources.
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that cause damage by sucking sap from plant tissue. They reproduce quickly and are particularly attracted to young growth. Curling and yellowed leaves, stunted growth, and stickiness on leaves are signs of an infestation. These insects also spread diseases and reproduce rapidly. Use biological controls or horticultural oils to discourage and kill aphids.
Spider Mites are tiny pests that cause stippling, yellowing, and webbing on foliage by feeding on plant sap. They flourish in warm, dry environments. Use correct water and fertilizing practices; over-fertilizing can attract spider mites. Proper humidity levels, predatory mites or ladybugs, and insecticidal soaps or oils may prevent or address a spider mite infestation.
Mealybugs are small, white, soft-bodied insects that feed on plant sap. They are covered in powdery wax, which gives them a cottony appearance. They reproduce and spread rapidly. Inspect plants regularly for signs of an infestation, including white, cottony masses on foliage. Always check new plants before bringing them into the greenhouse. Remove any highly infested plants from the greenhouse for quarantine or disposal. Introduce beneficial insects like ladybugs, lacewings, and parasitic wasps as biological controls for mealybug populations and apply insecticidal soap or horticultural oils to disrupt lifecycles and feeding. Maintaining a sanitary greenhouse and eliminating debris can deter pest infestations.
Whiteflies are small, winged insects that eat plant sap and cause yellowed leaves and stunted growth. Severe infestations can lead to plants dying. Prevent infestations by sanitizing surfaces and tools and removing debris. Introduce natural predators and use sticky traps to control populations. Insecticidal soaps and oils are also effective against this pest.
You may see bacterial leaf spot and powdery mildew. Scout for pests and disease and act at the first sign of infection to prevent extensive damage to your crops.
Bacterial Leaf Spot results from a bacterial pathogen and causes water-soaked yellow or brown lesions on foliage. These may merge and cause leaves to turn yellow and drop. Prevent bacterial leaf spot by practicing sanitation and hygiene, watering at the base of each plant, and space plants for adequate circulation and light penetration. At the first signs of infection, remove the affected leaves and treat the remaining plants with a copper-based fungicide like hydroxide, sulfate, oxychloride, or octanoate. Use fungicides carefully according to the label's instructions, and be aware that applying copper-based fungicides at high rates or during hot, dry weather can lead to phytotoxicity.
Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease that thrives in humid conditions, appearing as a white or gray coating on foliage and flowers. Provide good airflow in your greenhouse. We recommend horizontal airflow fans to help control humidity levels alongside a dehumidifier or manual venting. Remove and destroy infected plants and apply fungicides as needed or preventatively. Look for the active ingredients myclobutanil, trifloxystrobin, or potassium bicarbonate to combat Powdery Mildew threatening your seedling plugs.
We recommend planting one seedling plug per 1801 cell or 4-inch container. Use well-drained soil and center the ellepot in the container. Cell packs finish in four or five weeks.
| 4 Inch crop time | 4-8 Weeks |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | Fall, Spring, Summer |
| Color | Dark Purple |
| Habit | Mounding |
| Height | 12-24 Inches |
| Light | Bright Indirect/Filtered, Partial Shade, Partial Sun |
| Minimum Temp | 60 |
| Perennial Zone | 10-11 |
| Water Needs | Moderate |
| Patented Plant | No |