Don't think pink

When it was time for annuals we decided to do something different from the neighbors who 

seemed to all be planting pink flowers.

I had planted a border of Coleus and Caladiums in a shady back border the previous year with much success.  We liked it so much, and decided to expand that look to the rest of the border gardens,
and shake up the neighbors a little.

And yes Coleus can tolerate sunny locations.

The front porch pots were planted with Banana trees,Coleus, and petunia's

I hand selected the coleus making sure all the colors worked together, a good dose of chartreuse was used which brought all the colors together. The New Guinea act as a sort of safety belt that echo the colors of the petunia's in the containers