
The Coleus (C. scutellarioides) plants in my outdoor pots were top-heavy. So, after deadheading them, I decided to create a display dedicated to Coleus, alone. Last year, I made an arrangement with foliage, alone, but it included foliage from several plant genera and species. This arrangement, in this post, (above) is simply several varieties of Coleus.
I gathered as many plant tags as I could to ID them, and while I didn't get them all, among them are 'Wizard Jade,' 'Rainbow Multicolor,' 'Red Green,' 'Wizard Scarlet,' 'Kong Lime Sprite,' and 'Black Dragon.' Here they are, in no particular order:








They provide plenty of color and variety for their vase.
For more arrangement ideas from around the world, check out Cathy's 'In a Vase on Monday' meme, over at Rambling in the Garden.
What a great collection of different Coleus Beth, I agree that having grown Coleus for the first time in the garden this year, they are as good as any flowers. It made me smile to see your vase, as I too have an arrangement which I did not show at the moment, holding coleus but just one variety.
ReplyDeleteI love Coleus plants...partly because they're simply beautiful and colorful, and partly because they thrive in partial to mostly shade. They're great companions in pots with other annuals, like Impatiens and Geraniums and others. Enjoy your Coleus plants, too. :)
DeleteHi Beth, they are lovely. Do you winter your Coleus over? If so how do you do it?
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Hi Carla. No, I don't recall overwintering Coleus plants. I have done so with Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya), which has similar growing conditions. Any of the potted plants that I overwinter, I simply place in the sunroom from early October through late April or early May. Often, they simply need to be deadheaded at points to encourage new growth.
DeleteI'm a Coleus fan, it might be one of the first plants I cared for? The colors of yours are fabulous & rich!
ReplyDeleteThey are special, aren't they? I've used them as foliage in pots and vases for many, many years, but I think this is the first time I've included that genus, alone, in a vase. The cultivated varieties are so colorful and fascinating!
DeleteOh this is absolutely wonderful Beth! I am determined to have some coleus next year but will probably buy it as plug plants. I did try it from seed one year, but without success
ReplyDeleteThanks, Cathy. :) These were plug plants. While I've grown many plants from seed, I don't think I've ever done so with Coleus plants. I buy tiny plugs, but they grow fast in the warmth of late spring/early summer.
DeleteWith foliage that pretty, you really don't need flowers! I have a new variety, 'Colorblaze El Brighto' (terrible name!), which is supposed to get up to 40 inches tall and 36 inches wide but it's yet to prove that. Maybe summer's heat has kept it snuggling closer to the ground where it's cooler ;)
ReplyDeleteInteresting name--'Colorblaze El Brighto.' I looked it up. Love the colors, too! I do think I've seen it at the garden centers. Wow--40 inches tall and 36 inches wide is gigantic for a Coleus! But I usually deadhead mine a couple of times during the summer, anyway, because I only grow them in pots with other plants. They are great plants for shade and partial sun, aren't they? We've been hot and humid here all summer (high 80s and 90s). But I didn't have to water much because we had plentiful (too much?) rain. In dry (drought) years, the Coleus and many other plants do struggle here, too. That doesn't happen very much, but it's frustrating when it does.
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