I too love coleus!!! I grew mine into a tree!!! I let the main stem grow about 3 feet tall, cut off all the side shoots and let the top bush out! Pinching the growth, and now I have a lollipop tree! Took 3 years but it looks sooooo cool now!
My husband isn't really into plants. But he has been talking about one he saw at a friends for the last 3 weeks. Today I ask that friend what kind of plant it is so I can make my hubby happy. And guess what plant it was 😂😂 You have perfect timing 😂😂
Dammit! Literally two minutes before I watched this video I looked at my coleus clipping and smiled at the flower emerging from it. "How beautiful!" I naively thought to myself. I didn't think the sonofabeech is trying to die on me!
Just bought my coleus 4rm Chicago. It's beautiful foliage made me bring it back to Indianapolis w/ me. Your videos are very helpful for a first timer here.
i was trying to pinch the ugly leaves of my small dying coleus with my fingers and accidentally pinched off the whole new healthy bunch of leaves. left one ugly leaf and thankfully it's now growing back healthily.
I am new with Coleus plants, literally just a few days ago , and I am going crazy with having as many varieties as possible coz they're so pretty. I really thought I have 12 varieties of cuttings, but when I saw the first and this second video, I think I might have been fooled. I am from the Philippines and we do have a lot of sunlight everywhere all year round, so I will have to observe if the green ones with tinges of violet will eventually turn all dark. I would really like to have the darker varieties. I was also afraid that I am putting too much cuttings in one pot (I have an 11" diameter by 9" depth) , but seeing how much you "crowd" your pot, I think I am on the right track and I can put in some more. I am still in the stage of propagating the cuttings that I got, and you gave me a lot of hope that I can do this! I am so glad I found you and your videos Pam!
Loved your video, I already pretty much had a good understanding of pruning and pinching coleus but your delivery and no holds bar approach had me hooked. Props to you and I subscribed. Looking forward to more of that directness.
Ugh everytime I watch your videos you super remind me of my best friend. It just make me miss her so much. We live so far from each other so you make me happy everytime I watch your videos. PS love the music.😉
I just bought my first home and it came with a beautiful yard with established perennials. My husband waters the front and i water the back. We always excitedly inform echother if we find unexpected volunteer plants poping up. In the back my favorite volunteer is a beautiful purple petunia that is growing at the base of a red oak. My husband's favorite is a volunteer colius that popped up in our drain run off. With fall approaching I took it on myself to save the little colius and bring it inside. I've been told by my garden friends they don't do well over winter inside, but you give me hope. 😁
This video is exactly what I needed! Thanks for all of the super specific info, the demonstrations of the whole process, the plant knowledge as to why you do what you do, and the good humor. YES! Thanks!
I bought a coleus for its beautiful pastel like pinks and yellows and then I put it in a bright spot and it’s colours quickly deepened to dark pink and the yellow became a white. I think. I was a little disappointed I didn’t take a picture of it before. I like how it looks now but I liked how it looked before it was in bright light. 😅 My bird also loves pulling the bright foliage off my coleus.
Thanks for the video, and outtakes 😁. I'm that person that will ask strangers for a piece of their plant. I also snap off random plants i have access to ANYWHERE 😝 love those ruffle edge variety you have.
I don’t actually have a coleus plant but I feel like I can apply a lot of the information from this video to my trandescantia, who know maybe now I’ll go and get a coleus 🤔
I buy a bag of cheap seeds at the dollar store every year and plant them outside. When they germinate I pick a few of the prettiest or most interesting to come inside as houseplants, they always wound up dying in the winter. Thanks for helping me not only make them look gorgeous, but thrive all year long!
Thank you for being aggressive. Mine was beautiful but getting taller and the weight was making the middle look like It had a hole. I went a little ruthless and thought I cut too much. I am hopeful she’ll be okay with her new baby props 🌱 Thank you for not being dainty with them! I feel better.
hey pam. thanks so much for your very informative video. i really appreciate your taking the time to be thorough. it really helped to see your plants and see you working with them instead of just talking about it all. coleus are so pretty! hope everyone can save their plants now. linda from california
You look gorgeous! I know I said that last time. 😂 And great video, as always. Just took some more cuttings this morning and put them back in the pot. Oh and I'm in love with your Othello.
Great info on Coleus for indoor growers. I lost a Coleus to some bugs and am and on a mission to do it right this time. EDIT: Love the way you fill in the pot with those cuttings from the trimmed leggies.
Thank you for this vid. As a Coleus Master I can grow/propagate indoor/outdoor in pots/shaded garden beds. My collection grows yearly and my yard is fantastic.
I just discovered you. You rock! I didn’t quite catch how big the cutting should be to propagate. Against btr judgement, bought 2 leggy but gorgeous coleus. Planted today and bam, there you were lol. Tyvm.
Hahaha I’m like a spirit that materializes whenever someone says “leggy coleus” three times. I like to keep my cuttings 2-3 nodes size, not too long or you’ll just be starting another leggy coleus!
@@PamsPrettyPlants I must say though that I tried putting my clipping directly into the soil and watched it carefully and kept that area wet. But after a couple days I noticed the leaves were starting to curl up and look awful. I pulled it back out of the soil and put the stem in water and it sprung back to life!! The leaves uncurled and everythhing! I was so happy because they were nice big colorful leaves
Thank you, those are very thorough instructions. Some of my spindly coleus don't even show nodes, so I'm not sure how far down to cut. It got really out of hand!
Just stay 2” above any “woody” parts of the stem and you should have a node even if it’s hard to see. So long as the roots are healthy, it’ll also put out new shoots so even without a viable node, a prune can stimulate growth!
Just found you through this video and you speak my language LOL...love it, had to subscribe and rang the bell because I surely don't want to miss out on anything you may post! Awesome! You're surely my tribe!
I'm ready to prune back my leggy coleus now--thank you! I put the plant on my desk so I hope I'll get better at pinching it back... sitting next to it for 8 hours every day should be a good reminder!
This was my 1st year growing coleus (outdoors) and I absolutely love them. I’ve watched both of your videos along with others on overwintering and growing them from seed. Fingers crossed that I get to replant these beauties outdoor next year, as well as, keeping a few for year-around indoor 🤞🏻
Extremely Helpful! Great job....answered all of my questions with demonstrations! I was hesitant on going full butcher on these plants, but now I can cut without fear! Thanks for the info, I am subbed, still!
Your video was very informative and educational. I enjoyed watching it, and learning from what you've said. I love coleus, and grow mine outside in my pots. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.
Loved your video. Very informative. Coleus is my favorite plant. I planted too many seeds in my foil pan. They are just germinating now. When should I thin them out? Thanks girl. You rock!!
Thank you for your help in this video! I got my Coleus about 3 yrs ago as a very small plant from a convenience store! I've cut it twice so far but that's all I know! Your video will definitely help me to fix all the problems it has right now. It's a total indoor plant and it sits below our front window so it gets mostly midday sun by reaching up for it! The leaves are pretty small but now I know why!! Thanks again for your help!!👍🏽☺️☺️☺️
Really enjoyed watching your video. Super informative. I have a leggy coleus. I brought a few in a pot into my work place. It has flowered and I did want to know if it was going to die or if I could remedy that. I have since taken 3 cuttings and put them in a modern martini glass and will repot once it has rooted. The rest of the plant is on the floor, since the window sill is too cold now. I will let the 3 flower heads turn brown and then clip them and store them in a bag for 2 weeks and collect the seeds for next spring. Thanks again for the thorough explanation. I look forward to giving new life to my office plant for the winter.
So commented on the original, and the gist was... You are great and I can't wait for my day off cause I've got some coleus cuttings I'm gonna plant! And I learned a TON from this video so now I've got a goal. To make it to 8 years... And beyond! Love your videos!💚🌿💚
Wish I’d have found you when I first brought my two plants in to overwinter. Never pinched, went to seed, lots of leaf drop and leggy as hell by the time it was time to move back outdoors a few weeks ago. Just ruthlessly pruned and grabbed some cuttings to fill in the pots once they can hand the sunny space. Thanks for a great vid. Here’s hopping they make it through🤞🏼
I bet you’ll have some survivors in those cuttings! They look extra dramatic when they’re sad but I’ve often found even the most pitiful to bounce back with some TLC! Good luck!!
I bought my grandmother a pretty coleus a few years ago. She had a green thumb and loved growing. When she passed earlier this year the plant came back to me … death by Jess 🤦♀️ I’m trying my damnedest to keep this thing alive. It’s leggy and the stems are woody. Recently brought the pot in due to colder weather and the leaves are falling off - some have transparent spots. Checked for pests unsuccessfully. Don’t know why I’m rambling and telling you all this 😂 Actually just came here to say thanks for the informative and entertaining tutorial.
Don't have any coleus because the leggy issue. You make it look easy. I was admiring some coleus at my local garden center / feed store. Think I might give one a try. Thanks! You have a huge fan up here in Laconia New Hampshire. Your kitten is adorabibble!
Lol 😂 you are hilarious! Great coleus advice too. I knew they were beautiful plants in their prime but soon got tall and skinny. Now I know how to fix the problem. "Fat line of rooting powder" 😂 😂 😂
Great info and very entertaining 🙌 I’ll have to try putting cuttings directly into the soil. For now I’m am enjoying my vases of coleus cuttings in several rooms 🌱😆
You’re funny than a muh fug, I learned a lot about dealing with leggy coleus, thank you so much for the information, the beauty, and the detail, of the video, I just planted my first coleus seeds, pray it goes well,
Your videos are so helpful. I have a pretty Kong and I love him! He's a diva as far as watering lol 😆 but I just love him so much. Funny story, I was gifted my Kong just from cuttings last month and I had no idea what I was looking for when I went to pick up the cuttings. The gifter left them on a rock outside her house and I almost didn't want to take them home when I saw them. There were some straggly, limp, dead looking stems...once I got him trimmed down and in a cup of water, they bounced back immediately and have TAKEN OFF so fast in my kitchen. I'm actually afraid of the first growing season lol I have a feeling this plant is gonna be YUGE. ❤️
Nice! Let me know how they do! I need some folks to test bringing the whole plant in cause I didn’t keep any in containers this year and I’m too lazy to dig them up lol
Hey great work, I started some plants in some peat and perlite and some compost and they started to sprout but i wasnt happy with the pots i had them in. I transferred them to a seed starting green house type thing in peat and vermiculite only. Transplanting them i tried to be as careful as i could but was wondering how resilient they are to man handling them like that. I guess ill find out but would love to hear your advise. Keep up the great work, I watch your vids all the time, Cool to have someone just be chill and lay it out without sounding like a frikkin robot.
Seedlings can handle a lot, they’ll be fine! The only time I’ve seen them not recover it was because I lifted them out from the stem and was a little too hard on them and squashed some stems. I lift from the leaves now and they’ve lived through all manner of mangling!
I just rooted cuttings from my outdoor Coleus, just in time, had cold enough night that most of them died 😪 I had no idea you could propagate by just sticking in soil, thanks!
Pam, thanks so much for the great informative video! I love coleus but,admittedly, I was lazy and uninformed when it came to caring for them, (mainly that I would cut too much off and kill the plant). I have a once-beautiful outdoor coleus that I’m gonna try to rehab thru cuttings to an indoor coleus over winter 🤞🏻. Will the remaining stems on the outdoor plant still produce leaves after cuttings are taken if left outdoors(I live in FL)? Love your humor and laid-back style! 😄
Hello! Thank you for the kind words! I’m not entirely sure in regards to FL climate but I know coleus don’t love temps under 50 degrees F. But if the weather were warm, those stems would produce leaves again.
Questions for part 3! 1. You mentioned possible plant shock when moving from indoor to outdoor, does that apply to trimmings? 2. My coleus was fairly leggy before I started pinching, now I got a long-ass bushy top baby and I’m wondering if I should just fight back the tears and start fresh? Cut it way back? Have you had any of yours do this? 3. Same plant seems to have gone to flower 4 or 5 times now? Hasn’t died! I trim them back and save the tips, I’m curious if that’s just based on where I live... plant is on my north porch in southern california: bright but never direct sun.
Great info! My coleus grew so well this year that I decided to dig them up and bring them in for winter. Used a large tote to mix up an insecticidal soap & water. Submerged the entire plant for 15-20 minutes and then rinsed. Replanted in new pots with fresh soil and brought inside. Here’s my question: I have pets and I see you also have a cat. Are you concerned about pets chewing/eating them as they are said to be toxic?
Hi! No, I really don’t stress that because toxic plants taste like fire and poison as the first part of their defense mechanisms so for most plants you’d have to have one demented animal to keep eating something that tastes terrible to the amount they’d need to ingest. THAT SAID, you know your cat best. I fortunately don’t have chewers, I did when I filmed this, the black kitty passed away but she was a nibbler. But only the one nibble then the taste would be enough for her- she would bite my plants to get my attention more than to eat them. That said I never saw her go for the coleus, they have a sappy smell to them I think might be off putting to cats, but that’s just observation. I’ve had a lot of luck just keeping plants on a crowded surface, cats usually won’t attempt it if there’s nowhere to land.
(The cat died at nearly 17 years old from a brain tumor too, just realized that sounded funny like OH I HAD A CHEWER.. promise she didn’t poison herself lol.)
OK Pam most of us who watch YT know that your a Coleus Advocate. So how about enlightening us with some varieties? Just like Kaylee with her rare plant index. Coleus index if you will coz seriously I also think coleus are beautiful but also underated. Plus I truly wish ever plant parent should have one in their home. Anyhoo just a thought. 😊 love the video again. Plus whoa an 8 year pot. That's amaaaazing! I
Hahah well that’s her thing but I could definitely assemble a video on some interesting cultivars! It’s hard to find much about them, they’re so dang under appreciated
I love my coleus! They grew great in my garden. I’m digging them up and transitioning them indoors soon for the winter. Wish me luck 💜🌱🌎 I have some already in pots to bring in too. I think everything will work out ok. 👍🏼
Also watching you water your cutting me at the end made me remember that I used to use a turkey badger too do the same thing. Have you seen the squirt bottles with the little straw in them? Like the ones I think a scientist would use 😂😂😂 I found them on amazon and it was seriously a game changer. I keep one in each room and if something needs a a quick water it’s right there. They are great for watering in small areas and for topping of propagation vessels with narrow tops. I don’t use them for my main watering but they are great for a quick squirt 😂 anyways, just thought I’d share- keep doing you!
I too love coleus!!! I grew mine into a tree!!! I let the main stem grow about 3 feet tall, cut off all the side shoots and let the top bush out! Pinching the growth, and now I have a lollipop tree! Took 3 years but it looks sooooo cool now!
I have got to try that!!
I have been attempting to make mine into a tree! I hope it will someday be 3 feet!
Can we see?😁😃
My husband isn't really into plants. But he has been talking about one he saw at a friends for the last 3 weeks. Today I ask that friend what kind of plant it is so I can make my hubby happy. And guess what plant it was 😂😂
You have perfect timing 😂😂
Boyfriends and husbands LOVE colorful plants it’s so funny. It’s always a croton, a coleus, or a polka dot plant, I swear.
This is so wholesome.
Dammit! Literally two minutes before I watched this video I looked at my coleus clipping and smiled at the flower emerging from it. "How beautiful!" I naively thought to myself. I didn't think the sonofabeech is trying to die on me!
Just bought my coleus 4rm Chicago. It's beautiful foliage made me bring it back to Indianapolis w/ me. Your videos are very helpful for a first timer here.
Welcome and thanks for watching!! I hope your coleus grows strong for you!
i was trying to pinch the ugly leaves of my small dying coleus with my fingers and accidentally pinched off the whole new healthy bunch of leaves. left one ugly leaf and thankfully it's now growing back healthily.
I do that all the time 😭
I am new with Coleus plants, literally just a few days ago , and I am going crazy with having as many varieties as possible coz they're so pretty. I really thought I have 12 varieties of cuttings, but when I saw the first and this second video, I think I might have been fooled. I am from the Philippines and we do have a lot of sunlight everywhere all year round, so I will have to observe if the green ones with tinges of violet will eventually turn all dark. I would really like to have the darker varieties. I was also afraid that I am putting too much cuttings in one pot (I have an 11" diameter by 9" depth) , but seeing how much you "crowd" your pot, I think I am on the right track and I can put in some more. I am still in the stage of propagating the cuttings that I got, and you gave me a lot of hope that I can do this! I am so glad I found you and your videos Pam!
This lady is so funny but shes only person I follow as my coleus are thriving 🥰
Woo! I'm so happy to hear that!
Loved your video, I already pretty much had a good understanding of pruning and pinching coleus but your delivery and no holds bar approach had me hooked. Props to you and I subscribed. Looking forward to more of that directness.
So nice of you to say, thank you! Glad it helped!
I still go back to this video every time I mess up my coleus - thank you!! ❤️❤️
Ugh everytime I watch your videos you super remind me of my best friend. It just make me miss her so much. We live so far from each other so you make me happy everytime I watch your videos. PS love the music.😉
Aw that makes me so happy. My bestie moved cross country 11 years ago! I miss her like crazy!
I just bought my first home and it came with a beautiful yard with established perennials. My husband waters the front and i water the back. We always excitedly inform echother if we find unexpected volunteer plants poping up. In the back my favorite volunteer is a beautiful purple petunia that is growing at the base of a red oak. My husband's favorite is a volunteer colius that popped up in our drain run off. With fall approaching I took it on myself to save the little colius and bring it inside. I've been told by my garden friends they don't do well over winter inside, but you give me hope. 😁
This video is exactly what I needed! Thanks for all of the super specific info, the demonstrations of the whole process, the plant knowledge as to why you do what you do, and the good humor. YES! Thanks!
I’m so glad you found it helpful! I tried to make the video I couldn’t find and hearing this makes my day, so thank you! Happy planting!
i really love you for the no shit attitude, and your choices of music. Great
Thank you Lee!!
I bought a coleus for its beautiful pastel like pinks and yellows and then I put it in a bright spot and it’s colours quickly deepened to dark pink and the yellow became a white. I think. I was a little disappointed I didn’t take a picture of it before. I like how it looks now but I liked how it looked before it was in bright light. 😅
My bird also loves pulling the bright foliage off my coleus.
wonderful video ! Just bought 24 different coleus plants to plant in NYC tree pits. thank you!
Thanks for the video, and outtakes 😁. I'm that person that will ask strangers for a piece of their plant. I also snap off random plants i have access to ANYWHERE 😝 love those ruffle edge variety you have.
Definitely dealing with a bunch of leaf drop and a leggy coleus. This was helpful 🙂
I don’t actually have a coleus plant but I feel like I can apply a lot of the information from this video to my trandescantia, who know maybe now I’ll go and get a coleus 🤔
Definitely! Similar needs for sure!
I've watched a couple of videos in prep for wintering my coleus inside, and this was the most helpful. Thank you, and this earned you a sub!
Aw thanks! I wish you good luck with your coleus!!
Thank you for such a wonderful and informative video! This is exactly what I needed to revive my poor abused Coleus! 🥰
Very refreshing to have some straight talk about Coleus. Your very hip and not to hard on the eye either. Keep up the great vids.
Thank you!
I buy a bag of cheap seeds at the dollar store every year and plant them outside. When they germinate I pick a few of the prettiest or most interesting to come inside as houseplants, they always wound up dying in the winter. Thanks for helping me not only make them look gorgeous, but thrive all year long!
My pleasure! They’re so fun to grow from seed
Thank you for being aggressive. Mine was beautiful but getting taller and the weight was making the middle look like It had a hole. I went a little ruthless and thought I cut too much. I am hopeful she’ll be okay with her new baby props 🌱 Thank you for not being dainty with them! I feel better.
“Thank you for being aggressive” is going to be my autobiography title 😂
hey pam. thanks so much for your very informative video. i really appreciate your taking the time to be thorough. it really helped to see your plants and see you working with them instead of just talking about it all. coleus are so pretty! hope everyone can save their plants now. linda from california
Thanks Linda! I tried to make the video I wish I had. 🥰
You look gorgeous! I know I said that last time. 😂 And great video, as always. Just took some more cuttings this morning and put them back in the pot.
Oh and I'm in love with your Othello.
Good luck! Let me know how they do!
Great info on Coleus for indoor growers. I lost a Coleus to some bugs and am and on a mission to do it right this time.
EDIT: Love the way you fill in the pot with those cuttings from the trimmed leggies.
Great video! You answered all my questions.
Thank you for this vid. As a Coleus Master I can grow/propagate indoor/outdoor in pots/shaded garden beds. My collection grows yearly and my yard is fantastic.
I just discovered you. You rock! I didn’t quite catch how big the cutting should be to propagate. Against btr judgement, bought 2 leggy but gorgeous coleus. Planted today and bam, there you were lol. Tyvm.
Hahaha I’m like a spirit that materializes whenever someone says “leggy coleus” three times. I like to keep my cuttings 2-3 nodes size, not too long or you’ll just be starting another leggy coleus!
EXCELLENT video! THANK YOU!! I love my colorful coleus and you've answered all of my questions for how to keep it looking thick and not so leggy!!
Yay I’m so glad I could help!!
@@PamsPrettyPlants I must say though that I tried putting my clipping directly into the soil and watched it carefully and kept that area wet. But after a couple days I noticed the leaves were starting to curl up and look awful. I pulled it back out of the soil and put the stem in water and it sprung back to life!! The leaves uncurled and everythhing! I was so happy because they were nice big colorful leaves
Rewatching this while i prep my end of Summer plants. Thx Pam, much love from Ireland
I always know it's coleus coming inside time because these videos start blowing up again! TEAM COLEUS FOREVER!
Thank you, those are very thorough instructions. Some of my spindly coleus don't even show nodes, so I'm not sure how far down to cut. It got really out of hand!
Just stay 2” above any “woody” parts of the stem and you should have a node even if it’s hard to see. So long as the roots are healthy, it’ll also put out new shoots so even without a viable node, a prune can stimulate growth!
Thank you for the information, mine or in flowers, lesson learn, will grow more from seed and start all over.
Omg I love you 🤣 first time viewer definitely new subscriber 💕
You are hilarious 😂 and I’ve really enjoyed your videos!
Just found you through this video and you speak my language LOL...love it, had to subscribe and rang the bell because I surely don't want to miss out on anything you may post! Awesome! You're surely my tribe!
I'm ready to prune back my leggy coleus now--thank you! I put the plant on my desk so I hope I'll get better at pinching it back... sitting next to it for 8 hours every day should be a good reminder!
Again, great content. I already need a part 3! Thanks for sharing
Hahah I’ll probably need to make one I could talk about coleus foreverrr!
This is an amazing video! Made me laugh out loud and super informative.... !
Awesome! Thank you!
This was my 1st year growing coleus (outdoors) and I absolutely love them. I’ve watched both of your videos along with others on overwintering and growing them from seed. Fingers crossed that I get to replant these beauties outdoor next year, as well as, keeping a few for year-around indoor 🤞🏻
Extremely Helpful! Great job....answered all of my questions with demonstrations! I was hesitant on going full butcher on these plants, but now I can cut without fear! Thanks for the info, I am subbed, still!
Your video was very informative and educational. I enjoyed watching it, and learning from what you've said. I love coleus, and grow mine outside in my pots. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.
So glad you found it helpful!
Glad I found you, you are the most informative teacher thank you🌹
You are so welcome
Loved your video. Very informative. Coleus is my favorite plant. I planted too many seeds in my foil pan. They are just germinating now. When should I thin them out? Thanks girl. You rock!!
Burst out laughing at the “coliei”. Legit died! This was the best explanation of pinching! Thank you so much!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this! Thank you!! 🥰
Thank you for your help in this video! I got my Coleus about 3 yrs ago as a very small plant from a convenience store! I've cut it twice so far but that's all I know! Your video will definitely help me to fix all the problems it has right now. It's a total indoor plant and it sits below our front window so it gets mostly midday sun by reaching up for it! The leaves are pretty small but now I know why!! Thanks again for your help!!👍🏽☺️☺️☺️
Maxine I’m so happy to be able to have helped you! Thanks for letting me know and I hope your coleus continues to thrive!
Excellent idea of the baster. Thanks for the video.
It’s most definitely “coleii” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sounds right unless it is the same either way. One coleus. Many coleus. One coleus.. many coleii. Both sound pretty good to me.
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educational and humorous! Thank you!
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So cool!! I wanted to save my coleus from outside, and now I know how!! Pam the #ColeusQueen 🙌🏼🖤
Thanks for the great vid.
I'm a new Coleus mum.
Only got mine a week ago.
Super helpful and informative.
Thanks for the great video
Love that behind the scene too :)
Thanks for sharing your information !
I love coleus so much, I never thought about getting some rooting hormone. I am excited to see how it works for you!
I love coleus!!! Grew some from seed this last spring 🤗
I struggle sometimes with plants others have given to me and coleus is one of them Thanks
They can be fussy, don’t feel bad!
Love your vids & adore your eye make up in this one!!
Really enjoyed watching your video. Super informative. I have a leggy coleus. I brought a few in a pot into my work place. It has flowered and I did want to know if it was going to die or if I could remedy that. I have since taken 3 cuttings and put them in a modern martini glass and will repot once it has rooted. The rest of the plant is on the floor, since the window sill is too cold now. I will let the 3 flower heads turn brown and then clip them and store them in a bag for 2 weeks and collect the seeds for next spring. Thanks again for the thorough explanation. I look forward to giving new life to my office plant for the winter.
I love growing coleus from seed, they are literally the cutest seedlings ever! I hope your cuttings do well!
So commented on the original, and the gist was... You are great and I can't wait for my day off cause I've got some coleus cuttings I'm gonna plant! And I learned a TON from this video so now I've got a goal. To make it to 8 years... And beyond! Love your videos!💚🌿💚
Yes!! Thank you!!! 🥰
Wish I’d have found you when I first brought my two plants in to overwinter. Never pinched, went to seed, lots of leaf drop and leggy as hell by the time it was time to move back outdoors a few weeks ago. Just ruthlessly pruned and grabbed some cuttings to fill in the pots once they can hand the sunny space. Thanks for a great vid. Here’s hopping they make it through🤞🏼
I bet you’ll have some survivors in those cuttings! They look extra dramatic when they’re sad but I’ve often found even the most pitiful to bounce back with some TLC! Good luck!!
I bought my grandmother a pretty coleus a few years ago. She had a green thumb and loved growing. When she passed earlier this year the plant came back to me … death by Jess 🤦♀️ I’m trying my damnedest to keep this thing alive. It’s leggy and the stems are woody. Recently brought the pot in due to colder weather and the leaves are falling off - some have transparent spots. Checked for pests unsuccessfully. Don’t know why I’m rambling and telling you all this 😂 Actually just came here to say thanks for the informative and entertaining tutorial.
Omg no pressure, eh? 😅 I have some pieces of my late Nanas plants too and I feel great obligation to keeping them alive!!
Very informative thank you very much for more clearly showing us and for all the fantastic tips and care
Don't have any coleus because the leggy issue. You make it look easy. I was admiring some coleus at my local garden center / feed store. Think I might give one a try. Thanks! You have a huge fan up here in Laconia New Hampshire. Your kitten is adorabibble!
Great video! So helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience, wisdom and humor.
Thank you for watching! 🥰 Happy pruning 💚
Amazing thanks soo much for these advices on coleus pruning, really good explanations. Will keep following you 💯
This is exactly the information I was looking for- thank you! New sub here from Pittsburgh, PA 🙋♀️🌸🥰
Lol 😂 you are hilarious! Great coleus advice too. I knew they were beautiful plants in their prime but soon got tall and skinny. Now I know how to fix the problem.
"Fat line of rooting powder" 😂 😂 😂
Bringing the whole outdoor coleus can introduce pests to your home too. Took my first cuttings to winter inside this year.
Thank you so much for your great and informative video! I’m so excited that I can save my coleus.
You’re so welcome! Good luck!
Great info and very entertaining 🙌 I’ll have to try putting cuttings directly into the soil. For now I’m am enjoying my vases of coleus cuttings in several rooms 🌱😆
Thank you for the turkey baster idea
Now I gotta comment again since u took down the original lol... idr what I originally commented but I know it said.. Luv u Pam..u savage!! 😉😂🤣😘
Pam great video and care tips. As always your channel rocks,!!!!
You’re funny than a muh fug, I learned a lot about dealing with leggy coleus, thank you so much for the information, the beauty, and the detail, of the video, I just planted my first coleus seeds, pray it goes well,
I am making a circle in salt to call the old gods and the new for you! 😂🪄
And THANK YOU! For all the nice words 🥰
Ha, nice. I planted six coleus seeds, so far 5 are sprouting, I believe in miracles, yay! Thank you, 🍾
Woo!! 🙌
I'm glad you are able to grow these indoors! Some beautiful plants. Next time I can get my hands on some I should check out this series again
Club Coleus will be here!
I just subscribed I loved your personality!
There is something wrong with my plant… and i don’t know what is going on 😔
I like dark chocolate coleus...thank you for your tips...waiting your next video.
Your videos are so helpful.
I have a pretty Kong and I love him! He's a diva as far as watering lol 😆 but I just love him so much.
Funny story, I was gifted my Kong just from cuttings last month and I had no idea what I was looking for when I went to pick up the cuttings. The gifter left them on a rock outside her house and I almost didn't want to take them home when I saw them. There were some straggly, limp, dead looking stems...once I got him trimmed down and in a cup of water, they bounced back immediately and have TAKEN OFF so fast in my kitchen. I'm actually afraid of the first growing season lol I have a feeling this plant is gonna be YUGE. ❤️
I was to learn how people prune them into literal trees. Like please can I have a literal coleus tree. 😂
You're the best! And funny. Love the coleus confidence!
Aw! Thank you!! 🥰
I love your videos. You are doing GREAT!!!! Your Muic List is THUMBS UP girl ♥
Pam, I had to chuckle when you referenced the fat “line” of rooting powder. Ha ha😉 Thanks for another interesting video.
I call it plant coke usually but figured youtube wouldn’t like that 😂
I would never have thought that there would be censorship in the year 2020. It's sad but true.
Thanks too you Pam, this first year I’ve brought my Colei, Coleus in side for the winter. 😃💚 They really are too beautiful too let freeze. 😍
Nice! Let me know how they do! I need some folks to test bringing the whole plant in cause I didn’t keep any in containers this year and I’m too lazy to dig them up lol
Pam's Pretty Plants Luckily, I had all of mine in pots. 😃 Will let ya know how it goes. 💚
Thank you so much Pam! Love your videos as much as I love coleus!!!!! ❤️
Thanks so much Lindsay!! 🥰
Hi Pam
Loved the video and very curios to see the result, can you please show us how this pot look today?
Hey great work, I started some plants in some peat and perlite and some compost and they started to sprout but i wasnt happy with the pots i had them in. I transferred them to a seed starting green house type thing in peat and vermiculite only. Transplanting them i tried to be as careful as i could but was wondering how resilient they are to man handling them like that. I guess ill find out but would love to hear your advise. Keep up the great work, I watch your vids all the time, Cool to have someone just be chill and lay it out without sounding like a frikkin robot.
Seedlings can handle a lot, they’ll be fine! The only time I’ve seen them not recover it was because I lifted them out from the stem and was a little too hard on them and squashed some stems. I lift from the leaves now and they’ve lived through all manner of mangling!
Good job, and thanks!
I just rooted cuttings from my outdoor Coleus, just in time, had cold enough night that most of them died 😪 I had no idea you could propagate by just sticking in soil, thanks!
Yes 2020 has been a complete f***. Thank you for the humor. Humor helps. 🙂
Thx. Girl, Thx. for the interesting lessons.
So glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
The queen of Coleus 😍
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0:49 had to check when you put this video out…thought you were talking about just the events in July 2024!
lol nope just a millennial that is so so so tired of living history 😅 this month has been the longest 10 years so far
Pam, thanks so much for the great informative video! I love coleus but,admittedly, I was lazy and uninformed when it came to caring for them, (mainly that I would cut too much off and kill the plant). I have a once-beautiful outdoor coleus that I’m gonna try to rehab thru cuttings to an indoor coleus over winter 🤞🏻. Will the remaining stems on the outdoor plant still produce leaves after cuttings are taken if left outdoors(I live in FL)? Love your humor and laid-back style! 😄
Hello! Thank you for the kind words! I’m not entirely sure in regards to FL climate but I know coleus don’t love temps under 50 degrees F. But if the weather were warm, those stems would produce leaves again.
Questions for part 3!
1. You mentioned possible plant shock when moving from indoor to outdoor, does that apply to trimmings?
2. My coleus was fairly leggy before I started pinching, now I got a long-ass bushy top baby and I’m wondering if I should just fight back the tears and start fresh? Cut it way back? Have you had any of yours do this?
3. Same plant seems to have gone to flower 4 or 5 times now? Hasn’t died! I trim them back and save the tips, I’m curious if that’s just based on where I live... plant is on my north porch in southern california: bright but never direct sun.
Thanks for sharing this video. I am going to try this method.
I wish you good luck and healthy roots!
Great info! My coleus grew so well this year that I decided to dig them up and bring them in for winter. Used a large tote to mix up an insecticidal soap & water. Submerged the entire plant for 15-20 minutes and then rinsed. Replanted in new pots with fresh soil and brought inside. Here’s my question: I have pets and I see you also have a cat. Are you concerned about pets chewing/eating them as they are said to be toxic?
Hi! No, I really don’t stress that because toxic plants taste like fire and poison as the first part of their defense mechanisms so for most plants you’d have to have one demented animal to keep eating something that tastes terrible to the amount they’d need to ingest.
THAT SAID, you know your cat best. I fortunately don’t have chewers, I did when I filmed this, the black kitty passed away but she was a nibbler. But only the one nibble then the taste would be enough for her- she would bite my plants to get my attention more than to eat them. That said I never saw her go for the coleus, they have a sappy smell to them I think might be off putting to cats, but that’s just observation.
I’ve had a lot of luck just keeping plants on a crowded surface, cats usually won’t attempt it if there’s nowhere to land.
(The cat died at nearly 17 years old from a brain tumor too, just realized that sounded funny like OH I HAD A CHEWER.. promise she didn’t poison herself lol.)
Thank you so much for making this video. It will help me a lot. I will take your knowledge and use it on my plants. Tysm ❤
Thanks for watching Jenny!
Thank you for your video!! It was really helpful :)
I’m so glad!! Thank you for saying that 🥰
OK Pam most of us who watch YT know that your a Coleus Advocate.
So how about enlightening us with some varieties? Just like Kaylee with her rare plant index. Coleus index if you will coz seriously I also think coleus are beautiful but also underated. Plus I truly wish ever plant parent should have one in their home.
Anyhoo just a thought. 😊 love the video again. Plus whoa an 8 year pot. That's amaaaazing!
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Hahah well that’s her thing but I could definitely assemble a video on some interesting cultivars! It’s hard to find much about them, they’re so dang under appreciated
I love my coleus! They grew great in my garden. I’m digging them up and transitioning them indoors soon for the winter. Wish me luck 💜🌱🌎 I have some already in pots to bring in too. I think everything will work out ok. 👍🏼
Good luck!! Let me know how they do! I haven’t braved that level of overwintering yet.
@@PamsPrettyPlants Thanks! I’ll definitely be doing the bring in & out for about 2 weeks before I leave them in. 👍🏼 Usually works out
Also watching you water your cutting me at the end made me remember that I used to use a turkey badger too do the same thing. Have you seen the squirt bottles with the little straw in them? Like the ones I think a scientist would use 😂😂😂 I found them on amazon and it was seriously a game changer. I keep one in each room and if something needs a a quick water it’s right there. They are great for watering in small areas and for topping of propagation vessels with narrow tops. I don’t use them for my main watering but they are great for a quick squirt 😂 anyways, just thought I’d share- keep doing you!
Oh that’s so smart! Less mess than the baster!