I took these cuttings last year from two of my Aunts hanging basket. These are free for postage. They are well rooted since they've been in the same pot for over a year. They go into the compost pile next weekend if no one wants them.
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CLOSED: Send Postage or the Coleus Gets It
They sure are pretty. I have a bunch I need to give away before the frost comes.
Winni
I've got those same ones, I think... But I had to post anyway to say your thread title made me just ROFLOL!! Thanks!
Has poor Icky (alias Inky fingers)made it out of SC alive?
Lavina
This message was edited Sep 10, 2006 3:12 PM
They are still being held for ransom!
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If anyone is wondering about overwintering.... I've overwintered trailing coleus like these for several years now, tucking little plants into various indoor containers (great in hanging baskets) and then taking a bunch of cuttings to root each spring. It roots easily in water, and then I pot up the cuttings in little cell packs (plant out after roots have filled the little cell).
LOL, I guess I don't want your coleus to "get it" and am hoping somebody will adopt it for the winter!
Rushes in wearing Superwoman cape....."I'll save those coleus.....!!!!!" Hero music playing in the background!
Am I too late??
They are yours Luv2dig! Let me find a little box and I'll get back to you!
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Great....tyvm.....now I can take off this uncomfortable outfit and put on my normal clothes!
LOL at you two.....Thank God for SUPERGARDENER.......da du daaaaaaaaaa
lol kaykay!
Thanks for the information, critter....I am planning on trying to overwinter some other coleus, hopefully I will be sucessful!
I've got a "regular" large-leafed one I'm going to try to overwinter also since my mom just loved it... I don't know why it wouldn't work as well as the trailing ones! Pinch it back once or twice during the winter to make it bushy, and you'll get more "tips" for cutting & rooting. 3-4 weeks before last frost will give you plenty of time to root cuttings so that they'll fill a 2 inch pot.
Have fun, Super-Gardener-Woman! (But lose the cape -- you'll just snag it on something, LOL.)
lol....I'll put it in the closet with my "dress" clothes...you know the ones that are in style now.....for the SECOND time??? lol!