tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post8969123016842845194..comments2023-10-30T06:51:28.272-04:00Comments on The Accidental Gardener: Coleus - IndoorsLya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-18328827821948423012009-11-25T14:46:35.328-05:002009-11-25T14:46:35.328-05:00Great advice, Nell Jean; thank you.Great advice, Nell Jean; thank you.Lya Soranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-44369068317435540602009-11-24T11:06:25.941-05:002009-11-24T11:06:25.941-05:00If you have a place where they can sort of hang ou...If you have a place where they can sort of hang out for the winter -- I used a cool utility room where they wouldn't freeze -- coleus and alternanthera will last over the winter to be set out in spring. Coleus may get leggy and have to be pinched and restarted a time or two, but alternanthera just sits in water with a few changes of fresh water, all winter, making roots. It's how I have lots of plants for free, come spring.<br /><br />Pinch the blooms off the coleus for better results.<br /><br />Nell Jean -- Seed ScattererJean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.com