Overwintering Coleus

 

Coleus is one of my favorite plants.  I love to buy mixed variety seeds to get a great burst of color.  Then I save the seeds from my favorite colors.  That is the cheap way I grow my collection and get my favorite colors.

My featured article covers how to overwintering your coleus and everything else you want to know about the coleus plant.  In my zone 9B garden, I don't have to worry about winter too much.  For the occasional frost, I move the plants in containers in my carport where they are protected.  My loss of plants is minimal unless we get an unusually cold winter.  Then I just cover or move them.

Click here to go to the article from the blog This Is My Garden. 

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Grow Coleus As A Tree

There is nothing like a coleus plant to brighten up the garden with big splashes of color.

The coleus plant is one that I always include in my garden every year.  Through the years, I discovered that it is very easy to grow from seed (and it even self-sows effortlessly).  There is also a wide variety of leaf shapes and colors in the marketplace for big splashes of various colors.

They also propagate from cuttings easily.

I never thought of growing it as a tree!  What an awesome idea!

Click here for step by step instructions . . . I'm going to try it this year!

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