what about hybridizing coleus? - Dave's Garden
2007年5月1日 · Support them with a stick, as they easily get 1,5 m tall. Pinch all the side shoots, as they delay flowering. They have to be indoors when they start flowering to prevent pollinating by bees or wind as much as possible.The most difficult part is to get the plants you want to cross flowering at the same time.
Crazy Colorful Coleus for Sun or Shade - Dave's Garden
2012年4月12日 · At local nurseries, Sun Coleus are often specialty items in larger $5 or $10 pots. Many shade-loving coleus varieties can be grown from seed. For example, you'll find the well known 'Wizard' series on most seed racks. But sun-tolerant coleus, as far as I know, are only available as plants. They're grown vegetatively from cuttings.
breeding coleus - Dave's Garden
2007年1月3日 · These are probably male-sterile, but seems to be fertile when cross-polinated with diploids, so they can be used for further crossings. Most coleus cultivars are short-day plants, some are day-length neutral or long-day plants. Some species, like C.frederici are long-day plants and crossings with frederici seems to result in long-day plants also.
Coleus foliage for cutting in arrangements. - Dave's Garden
2009年4月22日 · Coleus make beautiful fillers! And long after the flowers had died, the coleus would live on and on in the vase. One day the owner asked me what I was doing with all the coleus for she would see me matching different ones to the cut flowers they had on sale several times a week. (It was my fun and my outings for the week).
Coleus Discussion Forum - Dave's Garden
2024年8月25日 · Coleus Discussion Forum. Coleus are beautiful versatile tender perennials, often grown as annuals in temperate climates. Most of them do best in shady settings, but some newer varieties can take the sun. Tuck some into container plantings or use them in borders. If you're looking for related forums, you might try annuals or foliage plants.
Coleus:Pinching back????? Where, When, How - Dave's Garden
2009年7月10日 · Pinch for a purpose. For a shorter, fuller plant pinch often. If you pinch the growing tip after every set of leaves emerge you will have a very dense plant with lots of growing tips. This techniques works best on plants that 'stand alone'. If you want a tall plant pinch once or twice when young. After that cut them back by 1/3 when they get ...
Coleus:bottom leaves dropping - Dave's Garden
2009年11月30日 · Gebhart said, in the winter re-pot with a 50% perlite-50% soil so the water drains really well, drier is better. He said He waters his 6" pots of coleus with about a 1/3 cup of water maybe once or twice a week. wait till the plant just starts to droop-not a full wilt, and they will do o.k. through the winter.
Coleus:Perilla? What is the difference? - Dave's Garden
2007年8月8日 · Sidney is right about Perilla being a coleus on steroids. They grow like crazy and are just gorgeous no matter what size they are. I bet you're enjoying yours. Post #3833998. Quote. sugarweed Taylor Creek, FL (Zone 10a) Aug 08, 2007. I will not allow any "Thuggish" behavior in my garden.
Winter Projects: Starting Coleus Indoors - Dave's Garden
2015年1月20日 · Coleus is a tender perennial planted as an annual in non-tropic zones and often used as an indoor plant. Some of the common names of Solenostemon scutellarioides include coleus, painted-nettle and jewels of the garden. The vibrant world of coleus cultivars. There are over 500 varieties of coleus in cultivation.
Coleus:Holes. Whats eating my cuttings? - Dave's Garden
2010年10月10日 · pirl (Arlene) Southold, NY (Zone 7a) Oct 11, 2010. You have taken cuttings I hope! Remove affected leaves and wash the plants with insecticidal soap (wear gloves) before you bring them inside. You can use a hollowed out orange, grapefruit, lemon, etc. at the foot of the plant (instead of newspapers) and the earwigs will flock to it at night.