On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:27:12 -0500, "Romy Beeck"
wrote:

I got a great deal on a close out on about 32 coleus plants and there
growing just beautifully. But now a have all these beautiful plants and
winter is coming and i'm wondering if there is any way I can save these
plants. I'm here in wisconsin and its gets very cold here. I have all these
plants in pots.Can i put them in the house and water them or let them sit
till next spring. Can anyone help me please?

THANK FOR THE HELP I CAN GET.



I grow coleus every year. One of the original cuttings was from my
6th grade school teacher. I grow coleus in pots and in flower beds,
shade and full sun. The same coleus can look like a completely
different plant in various conditions. You can bring them indoors,
but they will eventually look weak and tired. I take cuttings from my
coleus and grow them in water containers in front of the basement
window. Then, in January I take cuttings from those grown in water,
and root them in vermiculite. They root in 2 weeks. Coleus quickly
die at the first frost, so you want to take cuttings as soon as night
temperatures get down to the 30's.