Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multi-coloured coleus leaves Coleus are hugely popular plants that are grown for their highly decorative and vivid foliage. They ...

Coleus comes in a huge variety of colors, patterns, and leaf shapes. - Lovelypeace/Getty Images It's no wonder gardeners want to propagate coleus. This gorgeous plant is known for its colorful foliage ...

Propagating plants is simple, after all it's what nature intended. It's an easy and inexpensive way to increase your plant collection (or give them away as gifts). Just take a cutting, place it in ...

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If you have kept a coleus over winter in your home, you can start cuttings for transplanting to the garden. Coleus will develop a spindly growth habit when grown in too low of light, which is typical ...

Coleus is a plant that is easily propagated by herbaceous cuttings. Take cuttings from vigorous, healthy shoots. Most cuttings should be four to six inches long. Cut just below a node (where a leaf is ...

Gardeners are a curious, rebellious group. We thrive on the exotic and tend to avoid plants that are either familiar, easy to grow, or both. How else to explain the relative absence of coleus from our ...

I brought in some coleus last fall per your suggestion and am finding the new growth has lost a lot of the vibrant color it had in the garden last year. Is there something I need to do differently to ...

Gardeners are a curious, rebellious group. We thrive on the exotic and tend to avoid plants that are either familiar, easy to grow, or both. How else to explain the relative absence of coleus from our ...