more coleus

[beefy]

here are most of my different varieties of coleus. i have a a few more.

 

[Greensage45]

My favorite is the first picture. I imagine a raspberry something or other sprinkled with powdered sugar!

Can you tell I just came from HiD's post with all her goodies on my mind? LOL

Awesome Coleus!

Ron

 

[injunjoe]

Wonderful coleus collection.
Do you keep them going through winter by cuttings and pinching back?

I have a few different ones also, but my best is the one you have in the last picture bottom left. In about 3 or 4 months I have made at least a hundred plants from just one plant!

Joe

Oh have you ever tried to make a standard out of one?
It looks cool!

 

[obsessed]

How do propagate your Coleus? I have read that they are easy from seed and easy from cuttings. But I imagine that buying seeds every year is expensive.

 

[injunjoe]

O it is very easy to root!
I think it only right I let beefy tell you how to go about it, it is his thread.

Joe

 

[cwhit590]

i likey.

I like the 1st one the best....and the green & red one in the 4th pic!

 

[Greensage45]

Coleus actually adapts well in the home environment, very much like a houseplant; although it does require a ton of pruning if they go too tall!

I wonder why more people don't grow these indoors? I even find that they do not go leggy by less direct sun but put off bigger leaves instead. Of course, right now I don't have but one in the garden, and it must of been a leftover seed from season's past because I have not had coleus in a while.

The crinkle leaf one is nice too, but nothing like that first pic! That one is awesome.

Ron

I was thinking that a bed of black coleus with the bright orange would look so cool for a halloween bed!

Ron

 

[injunjoe]

Great pictures Ron.
I find it amazing how plants can be of the same family yet look so different.

Nature is amazing!

Joe

 

[beefy]

i know i was thinking yesterday how i should put a bunch of orange ones in a black pot for halloween.

they are easy to root. i root some in water, others i just stick down in some moist soil. even little tiny sideshoots with only one leaf will root most of the time. one of the easiest plants to propogate!

 

[vfem]

i know i was thinking yesterday how i should put a bunch of orange ones in a black pot for halloween.

they are easy to root. i root some in water, others i just stick down in some moist soil. even little tiny sideshoots with only one leaf will root most of the time. one of the easiest plants to propogate!

Well shoot... I should try to find someone I can get some cuttings from then huh!? LOL