Coleus Chatters thru March 30th..

Good Morning to everyone!!! We came from here http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/824512/

Even though it is a chilly 34 degrees this morning, I wish warmth & sunshine for everyone and soon, loads of blooms and beautiful plants & coleus! So with the first day of spring behind us and the weather getting nicer everyday... what plans do you have for this week? Saturday was filled with outside cleaning and mowing... and more outside cleaning. I'm ready for it all to begin!!!!

Well, springtime makes me feel like dancin'....how bout you? I can't get this song out of my head so I thought I would share it with you. LOL

Youve got a cute way of talking
You got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and Im walking
Like a dog hanging on your lead
Im in a spin you know
Shaking on a string you know

You make me feel like dancing
Im gonna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancing
Im gonna dance the night away
You make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing ahhh

Quarter to four in the morning
I aint feeling tired no no no no no
Just hold me tight and leave on the light
Cause I dont want to go home

You put a spell on me
Im right where you want me to be

You make me feel like dancing
I want to dance the night away
You make me feel like dancing
Im gonna dance the night away
You make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing

You take me higher
Im gonna catch on fire cause

You make me feel like dancing I wanna dance the night away
You make me feel like dancing Im gonna dance my life away
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing ahhh

You really slipped me a potion
I cant get off of the floor
All this perpetual motion
You gotta give me some more
You gotta give me some more

And if youll let me stay well dance our lives away
You make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
You make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
You make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
I feel
You make me feel like dancing


Coleus Christmas Candy
(a difficult coleus for me to grow, out of 10 plants... this is the only one that colored up for me and looked like the true Christmas Candy)

Gosh, I haven't heard that one in a long time! Leo Sayer???
That Christmas Candy is just beautiful! Did it need more sun to bring out the colors, or is it just finicky?
Cathy

absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!

Hi Cathy! Yep, Leo Sayer! LOL

Many of us got cuttings from NCFarms last year and Christmas Candy was one of them. The plant in the pic above was in mostly shade, all the others that didn't do well for me were in the sun.

On the plant stand... the bottom left is the same coleus that never colored up. I guess it didn't like the sun. Kinda blahhhhhh

beckie, could you send me a few cuttings? i would love to try my hand at coleus. i think they are so pretty

Sorry, bhaugh was posting when you did.

It was beautiful, but certainly had it's own personality. Almost reminded me of my kids when they were defiant!

sure will Kathy, I've can send you some Drama Queen and Goody Goody.....

Wow Brinda, what a difference! I'm trying to put some in the ground, keeping in mind how the sun will shift over the summer, so that I don't end up with fried coleus. :-(
The summer sun is a bugger here.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, beckie. i can't wait

they will be in the mail by the end of the week Kathy

LOL svplantingfool....you have very little on your want list-LOL
I love finding things I have on friends want list and sending it as a small gift.
I only have a few seedlings of Coleus right now, but I have other things :o)
And when my Coleus come in-and if it is on your want list.....I love sharing-LOL

Miss Beckie and new word on that Coleus that frightens cats? I would love to get my hands on it...I think Miss Kathy has it but haven't thought to ask her.

Hope everyone had a GREAT EASTER-and if anyone is looking to work off a few pounds from your Ham dinner-you can come help shovel me out! LOL
Σ§:o)

Have a great day!!
Robbi

Hi my friends and family...


kI'm back from Chicago seeing my DD and spending Easter.

Happy Belated Easter to all.


This is just a BEEP post. TTL..



Hap

it's called Coleus Canina........I think there are a few here at DG that have it for trade, I'm looking now. I need something that will deter the cat and my BIL dog from the garden. From what I have heard it has an odor similar to skunk......... Σ§:o}

If you can imagine an odor worse than a skunk... that would be it!

Hi Hap! Welcome home!!!

do you have these Brinda? do they really work?

Nope, don't have them, way to stinky! Not only that, I thought they were really ugly. Warning... if you get one, do not touch the leaves because you can't wash that smell off.

As far as them working? I have no clue but I would think you'd need more than one to do the job, depending on how big of an area you have.

hmmmmm, can't wash the smell off.......maybe I will reconsider that one. I did hear that most people grow them just for the foliage and cut the flowers away, that must be why. I they are that unattractive.
Σ§:o)

Hey Brinda!

That Christmas Candy from NC Farms looks great. The ones they sent me didn't look a bit like that. I think they may have been mismarked.

Just flying through. Have a billion loads of laundry to do.

Juanita

Brinda
I didnt know you were a disco fan! I used to actually dance all night to that one. Oh, those were the days!
Christmas Candy? Defiant like a little kid? How about these?

Ghost rider’s Nightmare, Darth Vader in Sin
Defiance, Diablo, Fire Dragons’ Earrring!

Now thats defiant!

Have a question for ya'll, my Coleus are doing great, but!!
I have already pinched back, but they are still getting leggy looking, should I pinch back again? Not all are doing this but some of them. Such great colors, I hate to mess with them.
Thanks in advance for advice.

Pam

Also has anyone heard from Traci, I've tried calling her a couple times and never get a answer.

Pam take some cuttings off of it. It will come back better then before. Leave a couple of nodes above the soil. The cuttings will be better to keep once they go outside and can be pinched back.

Pam,
no sorry - haven't heard from Traci today. Hug her from me if she shows up.
Alice

Welcome Becky, Kathy, and Robbi,
I'd offer up some cuttings but I'm working 7 days a week and just don't have the time to do the pack and ship deal right now.
I will later when the the job ends.
But be warned if you start growing coleus they are addictive.
Are any of you going to the RUs this Spring?
You can usually find some different ones there.
I'm planting 7 10 inch bowls for the N Fl one this saturday, Should I do one for you too Happy?
Brinda,
I love that shelf did Allen make it for you?
Sidney

Sidney, i'm already addicted. i just ordered
screaming rasberry
beckwiths gem
saturns rings
is there any cure?

Sugar,

I would love that.. Thanks....See you soon.

No, This time you ordered 3 next time it will be 6, etc, etc
;)