Here are a few of my Coleus babies I have growing in my bedroom.
Coleus ‘Twirl-a-whirl’ (Last years “Mama” plant) + (Cuttings and Hybrids)
The larger plant on top (of the above right photo) are cuttings I took from the mama plant on the above left photo. During the winter, it has lost it’s swirling petticoat leaf shape and turned greenish orange. It will most likely return to it’s darker swirling leave once it returns outdoors.
The two cups on the bottom (of the photo above right) contain seedlings from the same mother plant as the above cuttings. Two are almost a pure chartreuse while one is chartreuse with a purplish vain. The one on the bottom right is a kaleidoscope of green, burgundy and reds.
Coleus ‘Dark Star’ (Last years “Mama” plant) + (Hybrids)
Coleus ‘Dark Star’ hybrids grown from seeds harvested from the mama plant on the left.
Coleus ‘Rustic Orange’ (Last years “Mama” plant) + (Cuttings)
This cutting (of the above right photo) barely made it… I had it overwintering at work and it died back to almost nothing. I brought it home, took new cuttings (with leave smaller than half an inch) dipped it in rooting hormone and planted them directly in moist perlite. It has really sprung back to life!
It’ll be interesting to see how all these turn out, especially the hybrids.
