Patio Area Off of the Kitchen (Giant Coleus)

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Submitted by RonsGarden on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 14:21
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One of my giant coleus from a few years back.!

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

Patio Area Off of the Kitchen (Giant Coleus)
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Thanks for the link

Submitted by RonsGarden on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 19:44.

Thanks for the link Deb!

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

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Sorry Dale!

Submitted by RonsGarden on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 15:39.

In a packet of 'Wizard Mix' you can get just about any color, or combination of colors and leaf patterns, so your guess is as good as mine!

This year I picked up a packet of 'New Brilliant Mix' since I finally used up the 'Wizard Mix' I picked up a few years ago.  Can't find the 'Wizard Mix' anymore. 

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

You can...

Submitted by DeborahWheat (not verified) on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 16:01.

Here's a link to Wizard Mix Coleus.

Great site and cheap seeds!I have ordered from them many times!

 

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Ron, do you know the name

Submitted by disgett on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 17:29.

Ron, do you know the name of that giant coleus?  It looks alot like Mardi gras coleus.

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Ron, do you know the name

Submitted by disgett on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 17:29.

Ron, do you know the name of that giant coleus?  It looks alot like Mardi gras coleus.

 Dale, Photo Manager & Good Will Ambassador

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Do you keep cuttings to

Submitted by Tatyana on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 17:04.

Do you keep cuttings to restart your coleus once they get knocked over bu the wind, or just get too leggy? Or do you always start ehm from seed?

Great looking color combination on this coleus! Tatyana

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Coleus

Submitted by PENNY2638 on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 07:07.
That is lovely. Thanks for sharing.

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Best in large pots/containers.

Submitted by RonsGarden on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 07:02.

The normal height for these coleus is 12" to 18" if planted in the garden.  In pots and containers they can grow to 3 or more feet tall!  They are greedy pigs when it comes to fertilizer and show it show it when they are happily fed!!  I use 10-30-15 at half strength once a week and try to never let the soil dry our, so watering daily is a must!!  At their maximum growth they need to be kept out of windy areas as the stems are bittle and will snap off  easily from high winds during thunder storms!!

A few weeks after snapping the photo, this coleus handed up in my compost pile due to strong winds during a particularly nasty storm that devastated it. 

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

Ron ~ zone 6b ~ Ontario

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A Giant

Submitted by grannyrose on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 21:21.

it is, but oh so pretty.

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Ron, I love that giant

Submitted by disgett on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 19:50.

Ron, I love that giant Coleus.

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coleus

Submitted by Nancy Bragg on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 20:39.
wow Ron that is so pretty , and so big , this is one of my fav. plants , liked it as a child , and always hit my Dad up for one if we were out getting flowers for someone . had some outside this past week  , and we had a cold snap and it pretty much did them in . thanks for showing us your beauty . Nancy B.