Coleus: This year's coleus plants: disappointment or celebration?, 1 by coleuslover123

coleuslover123 wrote:
I didn't notice any lack of variety available, but then, I propagate so many of my own that it doesn't matter as much. I was actually quite amazed to see how many coleus Longwood Gardens had this year, some of which I had never seen, other than in pictures. The picture is from Longwood, and they had about 20 of these beds with lots of colues. The beds were about 20ft by 10 ft. They were gorgeous.

On propagation, this year I am going to grow 'stock plants' from my cuttings. The cuttings seem to do better for me if I take them in Sept, then I put about 3 in a large pot, which will be easier to keep watered. I'm going to let them get fairly big (might have to pinch back a bit), until about Jan or Feb and then start making cuttings.