Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Summer 2013 Part 3, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Coleup---

My "Fishnet Stockings Coleus" is now continuing to grow new leaves
with the fishnet patterns on them. Amazing!!! What caused this????

The plant itself is also getting bigger too....now what do i do with it for the winter????
Has anyone carried this whole Coleus over for the winter???

I will have so many new Coleus and some other plants to baby sit indoors
for the winter--I have NO idea how I will do it!!!

I have some new pictures--but they are not uploaded. Magnana!!....:o)

1--My first bloom of the double yellow datura...Fuzzy! Wrong setting. It is in a pot...
2--THIS Coleus is going gangbusters right now. I will, probably, pinch off
the tops and root them. What was the name of this one again??? Carnival?
3--KK Hibiscus is approaching the end of it's first bloom flush. Still cranking out
some of the blooms...Then i will cut the tops back--and it will re-grow and
do more blooms--but not as prolific as the first....
4--These are ALL the Persian Shields I grew from cuttings from last year.
They looked like c--p this spring...but they were alive. Just little stems with a few
pale leaves on them. After I planted them out--and they got some sun--they just
went POOF! SO! Do not hesitate to grow these from cuttings. They root easily!
Each one will save you close to $4.
5--Anyone know what this caterpillar will grow up to be? It was crawling along the
very base of my siding--maybe looking for a nook to pupate in?

Will show you more tomorrow....Gita