Coleus Again

These are the current collection of Coleus I have in my garden. All of them are facing high time of pruning and re-propagating. (all waiting for the gardener to take action)

(Please note that all the names of the coleus plants are basically indicative for my identification and not the actual names)

Top picture: "Streaked Curtains"
This one seemed to doing OK so far. I may have to do the replanting soon before this plant dies.

Picture below is my "Bleeding Rubies" (Shade)
This one is from the shaded area. Notice all the ruby coloured ones are replaced with cream colour. They get that pigment colour when in full sun.


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Below: Bleeding Rubies (Full Sun)
Same plant as above but look at the difference.
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This one is my "Wet Feet". (Shade)
I find that it look very interesting when in shade rather than the one is full sun.
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Wet Feet (Full Sun)
Notice all the green are gone replaced with red & pink centre.
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This is a new species in my garden. (Purple Coleus) (Shade)
I had found it an abandon area where someone had left it to rot. It was badly damaged by grasshoppers. I had placed in the shade first to see how it coloured.
Somehow it still showed a little green at the tips. Its quite hardy and doing well for these few months. I have not manage to propagate it yet. Its now, just one plant.
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Purple Coleus (Full Sun)
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Red Hearts (Shade)
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Somehow I still admire this one, they look very beautiful in both conditions (shade or sun)
Very hardy and easy to manage.
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This one is my most hardest, challenging coleus hybrid. They don't do so well even after propagating (cuttings). This plant is slowly dying. They are not the growing type (seemed to be very much like the dwarf species)

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Regardless, This "Army Pants" still look so beautiful. Wished I had like the others. I guess, its time to say good-bye to this species. It had been with me for few months.

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More tips on Coleus:

How do you know whether the coleus you have are the hardy type?

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1) Cuttings : For one - you would know that if its hardy, the coleus will root in water.

If they don't (rotting instead of rooting) then they are the sensitive type.

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2) Branches: The hardy ones will branch out to many stalks. Here you can take more cuttings and propagate them.

The sensitive ones just stay put and slowly die.

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Other tips from my earlier post (repeat)

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1) The flower buds must be pinched off as soon as they develop to prevent the plant from producing seeds. Once its started doing that, its life objective is completed and it will usually die.

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2) Trimming may also be necessary to prevent leggy growth. Anytime the tip growth is removed, the plant's growth will be diverted to the lateral side growth, creating a much bushier plant.

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3) Care is necessary as it needs daily watering.

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4) Sunlight is necessary, placing the plant in shady area will cause the plant to have more green than the colour.

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5) The plant requires to be replanted at most (3 - 5 months) once, or the whole plant will start to wilt in stages & die. Replanting & trimming helps to keep the plant to regenerate and live longer.

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Also click on the Colours of Rainbow for more details (past post)

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