Just when you thought the gardening world would be content, and that we didn’t need another new coleus, Mini Me Watermelon is rocking scorecards in university trials. Mini Me Watermelon is part of the ColorBlaze series and will be making its debut in 2023 and climbing the must have plants chart.
Photos of trial plants at Mississippi State University’s Truck Crops Branch Experiment in Crystal Springs, Miss., and the University of Tennessee Gardens at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tenn., show incredible plants in full sun that to be honest may exceed mini.
Now, perhaps, mini describes the size of their leaves and that would be just perfect. These small colorful leaves, described as watermelon to coral coloredwith chartreuse accents, are absolutely stunning. I would add as the sun shifts during the day and light gets filtered, the color looks even a royal burgundy with the chartreuse. But as soon as the sun returns, it’s flaming again.
