Tina
Seattle,WA
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 8:52 pm Post subject: Coleus care |
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I bought 3 Coleus from the garden center on Saturday. I just absolutely loved them. But I hardly know a thing about caring for them. Are these perennials? How do I take care of them?
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Here in Norway Coleus are house plants, but also used as summer plants outside. They can't take the frosts. Here's a link to a page on Wikipedia.
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Griphook
TENNESSEE
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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They are annuals.
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trudy
South Georgia, left at nowhere
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Some like full sun an some don't. You will need to find out which ones your have. They like lots of water to, here anyways an fertilize weekly. They root easily to an pinching them back will make them bushier.
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eileen
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Scotland
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I have to disagree Griphook as I've kept coleus plants for years and they've not died on me. In saying that they are houseplants here too as they would be killed off with out Scottish winters each year.
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stratsmom
Southern Oregon
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:33 am Post subject: |
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I bought a beautiful one last summer to set on my porch in the afternoon shade. The slugs loved it as much as I did! 
Deanna
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 3:08 am Post subject: |
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You got that right Deanna...they are slug magnets!
But they can be beautiful and they can/do last more that a season if cared for properly. I bought one of the 'sun' coleous a few weeks ago. Up until now I have only had the shade loving type. 
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Biita
Norway
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 7:01 am Post subject: |
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I have 3 of them in the house, i don't dare put them out even in summer here. If the sun is being blocked by the house, it is cold in the shade, even in summer. I've had mine for 2 yrs now, and before that it was our Aunts and she had it a few yrs. I've since broke that one plant into 3.
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gardengater
NC
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| Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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I have several in a pot that gets full sun. lots of heat here in NC. They do fine if kept evenly moist and fed once in a while. Good luck!
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