Your Complete Guide to Coleus Care: From Seed to Harvest
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2019
- This complete guide to Coleus care will take you through planting seeds to harvesting your own Coleus seeds.
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The Coleus is one of the easiest and most forgiving plants I have every grown. As long as you keep it warm and sort of moist, your Coleus will be a happy plant. Whether you are growing Coleus indoors or outdoors, the beautiful foliage makes this plant a stunner all year long.
Coleus propagation is also a breeze. You can take cuttings and put them directly in soil or my preferred method, water. At the end of the growing season, Coleus seeds are easy to harvest allowing you to grow Coleus every spring.
Start your seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost or wait until it warms and sow directly on soil. Some Coleus like full sun and others prefer shade. Do a little research and see which is best for your variety, but you can't go wrong with morning sun and afternoon shade. If given to much sun the leaves will bleach.
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Of the many (and I mean MANY) coleus videos on UA-cam, yours is the most thorough in a single video, edited across varying stages of the plant - THANK YOU!
You’re welcome!! Thank you so much for watching!
I'm 65 & new to gardening. I've dug flower beds (total area about 20'×2'x 2'deep. We now have coleus...love your video, split leaf philadendron, manzano banana plants, elephant ears, lantana, ferns, boganvilla, all added in the last 8 weeks. IM having a glorious time!!!
I am SO jealous! That sounds wonderful!!
Hi Virginia,
It's a year later and I don't know if you'll even see this comment, but
I’m in love with Coleus honestly I just found your video most interesting specially about collecting seeds 🙂 thumbs up 👍🏻 ❤️
They are so pretty! I love growing coleus. They are really easy too! Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I love that you fast forward. This makes your videos complete. I only need your video. Great job!
Just found your channel, very interesting. Started growing coleus this summer with 4 plants. Definitely will be growing more but our Scottish weather will ruin them so will overwinter in the greenhouse. How have I missed this plant, I love them.
Cheers 👍
I just recently discovered how much I like coleus! Bought some seeds and some plants. I overwintered a couple of them and they are doing well. Enjoyed your video and thank you for the seed labels! How kind of you to share those.
A couple years ago I accidentally broke a plant and I was so scared I shoved it into the pot. It got a little wilted but then perked up and in a few weeks was just like the original plants. 😂
I really fell in love with the Coleus when I realized that all kinds of different pollinators love their flowers! They are wonderful plants :)
I had no idea you could save the seeds! I can’t wait to try this end of season
This is my first year growing coleus from seed. I didn't know you could propagate so that was helpful to see. I also liked seeing the progress updates too. Thank you for sharing!
My mother loved growing this plant she potted them beautifully.
I discovered coleus for the first time last summer. I was fortunate to run into a sale at Walmart and loved watching it grow and it was so healthy. Anyways I bought some seeds and am giving them a try, maybe I'll have coleus to put out on my patio....
This was an awesome video I just started growing coleus myself and I realized I planted wayyy too many and now I feel bad I won't want to kill any but they are starting to show signs of problems on top of we just had a huge storm with hail and it tore up a bunch of foliage and wrecked my soil. Your video helped save my babies! Thank you again 🙏
Thank you for taking time to film this!
You bet!! It was fun. I ❤️ me some coleus!
I love your videos sister. I am as passionate as you about Coleus and I am trying to collect different varieties. Keep on gardening. Keep on loving. Cheers from Paris.
Thank you for watching!! You too!
Appreciate your time to share knowledge to others 😊😊. Ur video helped me
Happy planting, beautiful plants, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in a very down to earth way.
Very informative, thank you. I just picked up some of these and I'm so excited to watch them grow!
Love these plants!!!! Creating hybrids is so much fun!!!
I'm so happy I bought the seed packets for 2 for $1. Now the prices on these cuties are way more and also the plant! I'll make sure to propagate them, Wish me luck! thanks for the video, take care.
Awesome!! Good luck and thanks for watching!
Just planted some watermelon coleus. The colors are so beautiful- different on each plant! Thank you for your video. Good information and I like how you did the camera and described everything in a calm way. Looking forward to more videos. ☺️
Thank you for watching!! I’m glad it was helpful!
EXCELLENT video. I just clipped some to bring in for the winter. Thanks for the info on collecting and harvesting the seeds.
i overwintered mine which worked well, my coleus get like a small shrub and i cut the leaves off and just put them in a pot in the soil water them and they do great, you don't have to put them in water for roots!! just put the plant you cut off in a pot in the soil water them and they do great!!
Really thorough and well done video! Thank you. I'm new to coleus and learned alot.
Thank you!! Coleus is such a fun plant to grow. I think I’m most drawn to them for their colors, you?
Nice CUTCO shears, I know that it is natural for the smaller plants to be coming up underneath the larger ones so that was a good idea of the seeds getting planted in your crowded pot. For protection of your babies.
Same as trees in the forest
thank you for the tips, i never knew it can propagate. now i know
Thank you for sharint this complete guide on coleus care.
Just SubS. I only recently learned that I can save seeds. Love Coleus. Should have known. Now I do. THANKS.💞
What a showy combo! I can't wait to get growing 😍
Wow! What a great video! I loved the updates and the sticker templates are sooo cute!
Thank you!! It was super fun to make. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for this video. I have always just bought plants at a nursery or department store. But I saw coleus seeds on the WISH app and decided to buy them and try groqing from seed. They took forever to get here of course. But now that I have them in anxious to get them going. Thanks again.
Awesome!! Have fun. What coleus varieties did you get?
Thank you for your wonderful videos!! Love coleus!! Such a beautiful plant!!!😁😁
Thank you! Loved your video. Just bought my first coleus Black Dragons. I love them. Can't wait to propagate and seed them!! 💜🙏🏽💜
Thanks for watching!! Have fun with your new coleus. I love the black dragons!
I gave my daughter a black dragon that only grew for her. It was almost two when she left for college and I killed it in record time. She didn't take it because she feared the move would damage it so she took a slip and left me the plant. 😒
I have over 15 different types..love this plants ..
Thank you. I'm hoping to plant from seed in a container on my patio. Your video was great!
Awesome!! They are great patio plants.
You just got a new subscriber ❤️❤️love these plants. I will love to get this free goodies🙏❤️🙏thanks so much for your kindness🙏💕🙏
Great of you to take the time to show different stages of growing it from seed
I’ve had part of my coleus plant break off and I’ve just plucked it back in the soil and it’s grown for me 😁
Thank you it’s everything I needed . It’s very detailed information.
Thank you for watching! I’m so glad you found it helpful!
02:08 Girl, you are my kind of gardener, great sprinkle! #pink #style 🤩
Great idea for saving your seeds!
Soooo forgiving! Mine was dying and I couldn’t figure it out. It was covered in flowers and they were taking all her energy! Shipped them off and she perked right back up :)
Yep, those pesky flowers will do that. Pinch those back unless you are wanting some seeds, which won’t happen until later summer anyway.
me. to dying
This was really great! Thank you so much for all the information!
You are so welcome!
I just came across this video, oh my that is so gorgeous!
Thank you so much for sharing, and all of your plants are GORGEOUS!! I brought my mom's two Coleus plants home to save because rhey got SO leggy that were hanging all over the place like octopus arms lol!!
I'm happy you showed how to propagate them!! was able to propagate most of them except for a few branches that were to far gone to save!! I have them in water and they're starting to root YAY!! Hopefully they'll recover!! I'm also gappy you showed how to harvest them from seed!!❤😊🙏🙏
Absolutely great video! I am totally wanting to get into growing these!
You should. They are so beautiful.
Great well explained video, thank you
Yes, Coleus are lovely foliage plants. From seed,
they can be a little trying.
The seeds are extremely small, and the young plants are very vulnerable.
Watering can be troubling.
Start them in peat moss.
Planting soil is a little brutal and they can become somewhat lost, especially when watering. If container gardening, place a funnel in the soil so-as not to disturb the emerging little guy's. It works well.
"Pinching", or pruning will fill-out the plants so they do not become too lanky.
Bright - indirect light, and enough of it will make both you and your Coleus happy.
You make it sound a lot worse than it really is lol
Im always open this blog cause i love coleus very much
This is useful☺️thanks for sharing ❤️
Thank you! I am Love the coleus! ❤
This was very nice!! Thank you very much ❤️
Great video ! Thank you :)
Very beautiful plants 🤗👍👌🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Nice sharing dear friend thanks 👍👍🤗🙏🏿🙏🏿
That was so informational. Thank you.
You are so welcome! Glad you found it helpful.
great job on the video. im starting my relationship with the coleus today! lots of water, minimal direct sun, keep her warm... that should get me started. thanks
Your coleus will tell you when it’s thirsty. Look for drooping leaves…that will help you avoid overwatering as you get started.
Very beautiful plants
I just found your channel and a new subscriber now. I'm getting ready to go outside and cut those tops off mine and propergate some to bring in the house. Thank you so much for the labels also. Going to find some envelopes to save the seeds. This my first year growing them successfully because I didn't know how easy they were to grow. I have a bright red and a bright yellow kind. Now I want the other colors too. Please keep the videos coming. Happy gardening
Thank you so much for watching!! Enjoy your coleus, they are such fun plants to grow!
Do you have a link for the envelopes?
Now I'm glad I impulsively bought some mixed rainbow seeds
Fun!! Seeds are always a good impulse by. Low cost and rewarding. 😍
@@SuburbanSill yea very true
Thanks your download worked & it's now spring '21 in Australia.
Wonderful! I’m so glad it worked and jealous of your spring!! Enjoy!
Omg thank you so much...I learned a lot😊
Wonderful plants coleous..
Love the explanation
Thank you! For information
I believe when different varieties are grown together cross pollination can take place resulting in new coloured
Plants.
I believe you are right!!
Yes.good idea.
Exciting thought!!
Thank you for this video
Love love love Coleus
I love the Video. Thanks 🙏
I'm going to start saving seeds
Really nice plant.
thank you for sharing
Thank you 💚
I strip the cups off the stem and use a fine sieve that only the tiny seeds will fall thru and then rub the cups and the seeds easily fall thru. I make wax paper seed holders and use stapler on dbl. folded sides, so seeds don't fall thru. Then I store in the fridg. Yours is much prettier. Mine is just cheap.🤣 great job on video.
Thanks for the tips!! Tell me about storing them in the fridge? What does that do?
Great video. Very enlightening. It was a lady bug helping your plants!
Wow so beautiful place 😍😍😍😍
Love your vid. Thank you
Thanks for watching!!
Just recently bought some of these seeds planted them like two weeks ago and their barely starting to grow ❤️🌱
beautiful!
Awesome 👏👏👏👏👏❤️
All these coleuses are so super pretty, just love them. Thank you so much for sharing. I have a question? Where did you get all the seeds from?
I had harvested those seeds from the year prior! Thanks for watching!!
I love that snake plant.
Very nice very beautiful
great & beautiful colore A loves that .
Thank you
I was searching for new plants for my garden and I think these coleuses fit perfectly. Do you sell your seeds? Thank you for sharing.
The red ones is good for eyes I used it for medicine in bali.
Oh really?? Wow, that’s interesting. What do you do with it?
Just wash in clean water when the leafe still wet squeeze with fingger until the liquid become red than drop in the eyes, at first it will be very sore after that the eyes fell so clean, I used also for my 3 months baby to clean his eyes.
@@Tina-ez3xb that doesn't sound very good. These things can get you high
When you plant multiple varieties in the yard will the seeds produce plants that are true to the mother plant, or have they been cross-pollinated and could produce some new or different varieties?
I have some King Coleus and I am going to cut off a couple of stems and root them for the winter..
Nice! They transition pretty well!
I just so loved the Coleus. I wish I could get seeds from other places. Switzerland has not much choices.
Have you looked online? I should have some new seeds this fall if you want to pay the shipping. DM me on Instagram @SuburbanSill and let’s connect.
@@SuburbanSill no problem on the shipping. I would gladly pay for it. So nice of you. I will message you later.
Nice disagne
I just purchased some Black Dragon Coleus Seeds as a growing project for the spooky season (I'm going to grow them indoors)! I'm a sucker for dark (and funnily enough also silver/ white) foliage!
I've always been a fan of the leaf texture of stinging nettel so to find something similar like the Coleus was really exciting for me. Actually, here inn Germany the common name for Coleus is roughly translated "Colorful Nettle" so that was what initially spiked my interest. Gorgeous plants!!
Nice!! I too love dark foliage. It’s so interesting. Have you ever heard of Black Mamba Petunia? You’d love it!
@@SuburbanSill Oh my gosh I looked them up and they are GORGEOUS!! Thank you so much for telling me about them! Do you know if it is possible to grow them indoors? I don't really have the possibilty to grow outdoors. I do have growlights and a south facing window, so if sunlight would be an issue I think I would be able to tackle that.
@@zackthebirb I don’t see why not. I think it would be worth a try!!
@@SuburbanSill Then I know what I will be trying to do some time!
I’ve just got some Coleus plants through the post. One of them was snapped off just above the root ball which left a small piece of stem. I planted it anyway. Do you think it will grow back eventually. Thanks.
Yes I do...you might have better luck starting it in water, but really you should be fine. Rotting hormone works well also.
Should’ve put it in water, waited for roots and then planted.
I LOVE the COLEUS PLANT. How do I get the almost 50 different varieties?
Maybe look at getting some seeds online or see if you can get a hold of some cuttings and build a collection from there.
Maybe you could start selling seed by collecting the mature pod...i could be your first buyer..
Very informative, thank you! When you've got several different kinds of Coleus' close to each other will the seeds grow true to the mother plant or will they be hybrids?
Great question. I wonder if the wind is a pollinator 🤔
Thank you soo much for this go throw everything video, l have a question, does the mother plant die after taking the seeds?
No, they don’t. They will just keep producing. Thanks for asking!
Hi. I have a huge coleus plant, almost 6 feet tall. It's full of flowers but some of the stalks are bending in half. Do you think I can cut the flower and place in a bag to dry out? Or do they need to fully mature on the stalk? Thanks!
I’d wait for it to fully mature and dry out on the plant. It you cut it too soon the seeds won’t be ready. At least that is how I’ve always done it. You could try it with one and leave another stalk and see how it goes. I’d love to know.
@@SuburbanSill Thanks! I will try to secure the plant and grab one flower as a test. I shall let you know.
@@WorldofMichaelTrent how did it go?
@@dana102083 It worked. That coleus produced so many seeds it isn't funny! I could have started a farm.
Please help me When you planet seed where you kipp them and what kind of soils and what kind fertilizer they need
Do the seeds produce offspring identical to the parent or different varieties (heterozygote)?
Good question. In the seeds I have had success with they have been identical, but I would be surprised if they produce a variation. I’m not totally sure.
Do you ever have a blue variety of coleus? Your video is very informative, thanks.
I have not seen a blue variety. I would love to find one though!!!