Coleus Started From Seed : Propagating Cuttings! : Flower Hill Farm
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Hi Flower Friends! It's Nicole from Flower Hill Farm- today I am attempting to propagate my coleus that I started from seed about 8 weeks ago. I'll be using them for bouquet filler and also selling some at my seedling sale.
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The best part of your videos is always at the end, LOL!
When I was in elementary school, propagating coleus was my pastime. I filled up a whole flower bed with cuts from one single coleus plant.
Hello Valerie
I love that the coleus song stuck. We all sing it now.
I use coleus in bouquets all the time. I love them and because they root so easily they actually last so long. I have saved a few plants, to overwinter, and then have been propagating them for the yard to fill in the areas. Once my bleeding hearts are done blooming along with shadier areas in my yard I have free plants. Love coleus...
On a cold spring day your “one woman show” brings me such joy. Thank you. ❤️🌈☀️
I can see why you like the coleus. What a brilliant array of color combos!
Hello felicity
Hi Nicole! The roots on your coleus will come from the leaf nodes, so it best to trim off the excess stem and the leaves at the nodes and keep those under water. I’ve been fall rooting and overwintering trailing coleus, alternanthera, wandering Jew, and spider plants that I use in pots and baskets for years. Saves $ and scratches the gardening itch in the winter months here in Ohio.
Yes, the roots come from the nodes :) so pull those lower leaves!
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but a coleus cutting doesn't require a node to root.
@@shawnsg is completely right -- no need to cut the stems shorter! Coleus form roots SUPER easily on basically the entire length of the stem that stays submerged in water. I've seen it in person, but you can also find examples through a quick Google image search
@@shawnsg you don't have to put cuttings in water and wait for roots, just take your cuttings put them in a container or ground, water them and they will grow no need to wait for roots. I did a huge container like this works great!!
Are they nperennial or not
Oh my goodness, this video reminded me I bought the same coleus seeds for baker creek. I must of misplaced it because I meant to start it weeks ago. Oops! I have been starting coleus from seed for years! I always pinch mine, all summer long. The more you pinch it, the more stems it makes! It's awesome!
I love coleus! I have them in my garden every year. I'll take cuttings in the fall, root them in water and then grow them inside for the winter. Early spring I'll take cuttings from those plants, root those and come summer I'll have dozens to plant outside again.
The gift that keeps on giving!
I do the same. They used to be sold as houseplants.
I started coleus from seed last year but it seemed to take forever to really get going. I had previously seen some in a planter inside an restaurant in the dead of winter and it got me thinking of taking cuttings and keeping some over winter in the kitchen. It worked!!! I kept several of the different kinds so now all I have to do is wait until the weather warms up and I can harden off and plant outside! Yay!!!
Coleus are my favorite and omg loved your video first time viewer
It's official. I've watched all your video for the last month or so. I'm finally caught up!
Mine flopped gonna try again. Yours are fantastic so jealous.
I love all the coleus from proven winners color blaze series. They grow super fast and can take full sun.
Ok, you’ve convinced me. This is the year. I’m gonna grow some coleus.🎉
Wow! Not too many people appreciate the stunning beauty of the coleus! I think if snow flakes when I see them, no two are quite exactly alike! The colors vary from bright greens and pink's to an almost black purple. I usually buy them each year. Unfortunately tried growing some but not much luck sadly. They were one of my mom's favorites. We always paired them with dusty Miller in big pots or whiskey barrels and it always was beautiful together! Thanks for posting! So jealous if your beauties! 😍😍😍😍. Can't wait to see yours grow! Btw my raniculas are almost ready to bloom! So excited!
I love the chocolate mint that you’re growing.
I love coleus and those are GLORIOUS! That last one you potted up on camera was my fave.
The orange in front of the purple/ green looks so good! 💜
Wow! I did not expect such beauty-ness from those seeds. Remember how run of the mill coleus used to be about a hundred years ago? 🤭 That's what I expected.
Your plants rival the PW varieties.
My first year propagating coleus cuttings was pretty successful. I got two plants out of many (a dozen?) cuttings. The rest succumbed to dampening off.
This past winter was a complete failure. I can attest to rotten stems when left too long in the water.
Good chores for snowy days.
You will be amazed at how quickly the roots form. Cuttings I put in water four days ago already have roots popping out. You don't need a green thumb to root coleus. It never occurred to me to use the foliage in a bouquet. Your customers will be surprised because once those stems are in water a few short days they will have roots and can be potted up. It will be like a two-fer for them. A fresh bouquet with a houseplant bonus.
you don't even have to put in water for roots, just take cuttings put them in your potting soil in a container or ground and they will grow!! I did a huge container like this, works great!!
I absolutely fell in love with coleus after seeing it on "the lawrence family farm" YT channel... she had a variety called twister something... it had every color in the rainbow!
Coleuses? Coleusi? Are thugs and I love it First year I brought plants. Super cute! The next year grew from seed? 🤯 💥. Enjoy Nic!.
After seeing a border of 70+ unique coleus varieties at an arboretum/horticulture college, I’m going to try growing coleus from seed this year 🌱
The wisteria you purchased is a variety of native American wisteria native up into New York. It is not considered invasive. The Chinese and Japanese wisterias are the ones that are invasive.
Hi Nicole, I grow my coleus from seed. I pinch them 2-3 times and the stems are still long enough to cut. I wish I could show you the pictures. I will definitely try rooting some this year.
Hi Nicole, ❤️Coleus,now I know to pinch to share with my neighbor. She will be so surprised. TU❣️💐😊
You are the ultimate green thumb. Is there nothing you can't do? I wish I had half your success. Good luck with all your projects. Trying to learn from you
Gorgeous Coleus, and also the other plants in the boxes! Love!
I love coleus. You should definetely cut and propagate more tops. 🍀⚘🌷🌼🍀
My experience with Clematis- Getting them established can be tricky, the seedlings like shade but the adults love sunshine so when you put them in the dirt, open the top and bottom of a cardboard box and put it around the seedling for shade until it starts reaching up and over the top. Second, they will spread out in all directions so you can't just give them a climbing wall and be done with it. I use myrtle branch cuttings for stakes, put 3 of them around the plant and wrap the perimeter of the stakes with chicken wire so it encourages them to grow in a big column form instead of choking out everything else in the flowerbed.
Propagating coleus is so easy! Trim those bottom leaves though, just leave the top 2 -4 leaves as the roots come from the nodes where leaves were removed. And yes - leaving it in the water too long is not good. Need a sunny spot for the water glass too.
I woke up to a winter wonderland this morning too, up here in Alberta.
You inspired me to buy Coleus seeds from Baker Creek. Wow, they have free shipping. Cannot wait to grow these seeds. Thank you for an amazing video.
Nice coleus Nicole 👍
Those are petals? Nah! Lol, sorry for the nitpick.
Thanks for the supplier name, I love it when I hear a new name (to me) and will be checking them out since I have a need for some clematis...I have plenty of wisteria and will not let gardening clients plant any unless it's some cultivar that is less vigorous. Too much maintenance to keep big ones in check. Looking forward to seeing those all grow on the deer fence. Rock on in the cold country. EJ in 6b NY
My coleus are an inch high. I can’t wait for them to look like those 😍
that ending. just blissful!
Love coleus. I’ve grown from seed and propagated easily. Looks great in planters and in big bunches in the landscape. Keep us posted on their cut flower use.
Good morning ☕💚❤
wow that coleus looks so beautiful!! I am going to have to add this my list for next year for sure! 😊😊
Just wow grew these from seed this year for the first time and they are gorgeous
Coleus is the first plant I grew when I was a child.
Coleus is one of the easiest plant to root too, just like mint and basil.
Gorgeous coleus plants, Nicole.🥰❤️🌸
Coleus is a member of the mint family as is basil. They both have square stems, and mint family has square stems.
I've had my eyes open for some chocolate drop coleus! It's beautiful!
Hello Nicole
If you pinch it you wil still get very long stems bushing out...it loves being cut. I have found if I don't pinch it, it is flimsy and prone to fall over.
I think coleus is beautiful too. Love all the fun different colors and designs they have.
Propagating in water happens pretty quickly! 😍
Wow Nicole! Everything you plant just grows and thrives! 🥰
I cut back my coleus in the fall and root in water over winter..works like a charm.
Beautiful coleus.I’m growing mine from seeds too from bakers creek and I love them 🌺😊
I think coleus is awesome, it's so cool looking
I absolutely love Coleus 💜
I love Coleus but have never grown from seed. You have inspired me!!! Will definitely give it a try going forward. Also, yesterday’s video with the snow was beautiful. If you need any reassurance that you are an amazing flower farmer…here it is. I live in zone 8b and started my ranunculus about the same time you did. However, I am in a much warmer climate and mine have been in pots outside in the sun for 6 weeks. I do not have a bloom (or even a hint of one) and you are already blooming in zone 4b!! I am in awe. Keep up the great work!
My mother grew coleus but these are not my mother's coleus. These coleus are glorious.
Me…..toooo, I think Coleus are gorgeous. You did a fantastic job!
Pinch your coleus. They grow so fast! As a child, my first houseplants were a snake plant and coleus. Your varieties are gorgeous!
Just started some coleus seeds a few days ago!
Hello Kaitlin
Coleus makes an awesome greenery in arrangements. Coleus is fast growing like zinnias
They are beautiful.. love to see you more flowers.
I’ve had the same coleus plant in the house for 5 years. Each spring I take slips and root them in glasses of water on the counter. They root in just a couple of days and then I pot them up and use in big flower pots in the summer. If you take some slips now you’ll have some ready for your seedling sale.
you don't have to put them in water and wait for roots, just take the cuttings put them in soil water them they will grow, I do this all the time and they grow wonderfully!!
Wow!! Your coleus are beautiful Nicole!!
OMG I am so excited. I have the same coleus seeds growing and I’m a few weeks behind you (zone 3b). Can’t wait to see mine.
I can propagate in water but I have 100% fail when I transplant to soil. I wish I knew why.
My favorite is French Quarter variety! I overwintered one so I can enjoy its color again. It is very fragile and needy. Must shield from sun, wind etc. A real Diva of a coleus😉
I grow hundreds of coleus plants from seed. I just potted up the cuttings I had in water. They are doing great.
Pinch and grow more! Great filler! They’ll be huge! Love them.
Love your videos so much!
I wintered over 6 coleus plants and have taken many cuttings to propagate, love love love the varieties!
Amen, Sister! Wisteria is a wicked vine that spreads below ground and above ground, strangling any tree it can climb! I always say, if you like wisteria, just buy the SILK version!
Hi Nichol,I am propagating my coleus since last four years.i use soil to propagate . Believe me just two days and they are growing.they are huge every year.
Those seedlings look so lush and healthy! I remember my brother bringing home a coleus cutting they planted up in school when I was around 5 years old and I was completely enamoured with it! A couple years later as a seven year old I bought a six pack of the old school Wizard mix from a garden centre with some allowance money. The cashier asked if it was a Mother’s Day gift and was a bit surprised when I replied it was for me!
Your coleus looks amazing! I started mine weeks before you and they are half the size. Boo! Good job in zone 4! 👏
Minutes before I watched your video, I started hardening off my wisteria vine, Henryi clematis, and Jackmani clematis. They have been in my cold frame because the weather has not been reliable enough to plant them in my zone 6. Lol, what a coincidence.
Good morning, Nicole. Thanks for the tips on the Coleus 😉 It looks so cozy down there with the fire 🔥 Have a Blessed Day 🌱
I love coleus and started some from seed too this year.. Mine are not even close as big as your though... Love all the colors
Wow a nice one...just pinch it will bushier and long stem too
Love you and your plants. Coleus’ are so Pretty!!
I just pinch them off and stick in the ground/pot if it’s not too hot here, yet. They grow roots quick. They are tremendously unappreciated. Beautiful foliage.
Wow, mine are no where near that big. Guess i need to pot them up. I just don't have the room.
Omg I love coleus! I hate that it gets looked over.
I grew some from seed a few years ago and still have one as a houseplant. I had some growing in vases for a long time too.
I want to find my seed pack now and grow some more!!
You are so entertaining Nicole! And such a positive attitude! Love all the info, resources and advise you provide. Very helpful since I am 4b also! Coleus seeds, here I come Lol !
Hello Melanie
I am absolutely crazy about coleus! It might have to do with the fact that it was the very first plant I ever started to grow as a youngster in my Brownie scout project my Aunt Zona mentored. She is also the reason I call all my zinnias "Zona's"...Such sweet memories...Loving all you share from North Idaho zone 6a 💚 🌻 🌿
Me ……toooo, I think they are gorgeous. You did a fantastic job!
Well, that will brighten up your day! I LOVE coleus!
I love coleus for my outdoor pots around the house. I cut a little bit last summer for bouquets. I will get going on some plans for some for cuts this year. Thanks for the motivation. Your colors are gorgeous! Happy Thaw!
Ok now..I've got to try this for sure. Those are so pretty! I can put some in other areas around the property and save space in my market beds. I use to grow coleus all the time in my woodland garden beds. Those ones needed shade. I think now though you can plant some in the sun? Where will you plant those beauties? Sun/shade? oooh can't wait to see what you put together with those!!!
Love coleus, yours are some beauties! So easy to grow from seed, never thought to use them in a bouquet but now I must.
In my area (9a), coleus just re-seeds itself. I have found that even if you let it go to flower, you can trim it back down and it will flush back out in just 2-3 weeks. The native pollinators in my area go bananas for it -- probably why I get so much viable seed... but it is interesting to see what seedling I am going to get because of genetic variations and such.
I love them all!
I'm growing the same mix from Baker Creek. I've got a 50 cell plug tray full. The colors are gorgeous, especially the coppery and dark reds. I love the camo and speckled ones, too.
Hi Nicole, I saved seed from two coleus I grew last summer and have tons of babies! Mine are not all that colorful yet but seeing yours makes me so excited! Looking forward to color in shady spots in my garden and trying to use in arrangements as well! Beautiful ❤️😊
Coleus has quickly become one of my favorites and it is so easy to propagate in water....it can actually live & grow in the water for quite a while. I actually just bought about 6 coleus plants from the stained glass series. Excellent and long-lasting plant 🪴 Great for beginners too. Love ❤️
I propagated my Coleus in dirt three weeks ago and they are doing great!
Absolutely love coleus! I have been growing it for years, so many different colors!
This is inspiring. I'm going to plant my Mexican Sunflower seedlings. I think I have around 25 (Gave a few away) I hardened them off already. I need the shelf space on the rack too.
I love coleus, that looks giant compared to some I bought from a greenhouse a few years ago
Hello there
A warning, living in NH, our wysteria still is trying to spread. Our 'main' plant is actually the result of a runner. It will send out shoots that grow along the ground and root, even a decade later. We had one grow 20 feet in a season once.
That rootball tho 😍
Wisteria are beautiful but I had to rip mine up this year because they are incredibly invasive here in zone 6. I wish you luck with yours!
Coleus is gorgeous, Nicole. I think you’ve stumbled onto a goldmine for your plant sale next year, if you have enough growing space. Who can resist? It does root fast. I usually buy one plant….I like the bright pink with white and green edges for my shade garden. I take as many cuttings as I can off the original plant and stick them in water. Outside in the shade with the help of the morning dew they shoot up and send out roots in 5 days in warm weather and within a couple days are 2” long. I always pinch out the blossoms when they start to form. I end up with bushes of coleus in my garden. Give them space and shade and they will make you very happy with a lot of growth. I would think in your situation you may be able to take some cuttings in the fall, make sure there are no pests on the leaves and start some plants in fresh soil in your grow room and snip and root and pot all winter and keep enlarging the pots for the mother plants. Then you would have some well established plants with huge roots balls to start out for early growth next year. They really grow like weeds…..beautiful weeds!
Fun idea, love that you grew from seed but you now have to cut the lower set of leaves off of the cuttings, as the leaf node is where the roots will come from.
The coleus I started are juuuuust getting their first set of true leaves and it's exciting to see the color variations! I love using them in the window boxes under my big living room window. It faces north and gets no sun but a mix of coleus and begonias always thrives and looks bright and gorgeous.