In a greenhouse at the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Horticultural Research Farm, 111 cultivars of coleus grew lush this spring under the careful watch of assistant horticulture professor Garrett Owen, undergraduate student Ty Rich and doctoral graduate student Paul Cockson. The variety trial evaluated cultivars for overall performance and assessed their growth, architecture, color, leaf form and structure, and crop timing. To read the complete article, go to https://news.ca.uky.edu/article/coleus-you-just-bought-has-science-behin.... A photo gallery is available at https://news.ca.uky.edu/gallery/coleus-you-just-bought-has-science-behin.... Photo shows project lead Ty Rich (left) and Paul Cockson recording data in a coleus cultivar trial at the UK Horticultural Research Farm. Photo by Matt Barton, UK Agricultural Communications.