yes, it's the flower spike. Pinch it out, so you'll have more branches of
colorful leaves. Coleus flower, which you don't want them to do. They're
grown for the beautiful leaves. To save some for next year, take cuttings
and root them in water thru winter and plant in soil come springtime. If you
let it flower, it will weaken and eventually kill the coleus.
madgardener

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"Ken" wrote in message
...
I recently planted the flowerbox the former tenent of my apartment put out
on the fire escape. One of the plants is (obviously) a 'Sedona' Coleus
Hybrid. Or at least that what was on the plastic tag stuck in the pot
with
a picture of the plant on it. It's growing well with the limited light it
gets, and recently one of the plants has put out something that looks a
bit
like the top of a stalk of wheat (only green) in two places. Is this the
start of a flower? I was told by the woman at the store it wouldn't
flower.
Not that I'm complaining. I can't find anything about this on the web, so
I
thought I'd try here.

Ken