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25 Mar 2008made some cuttings please live until spring Indoor gardenWarm weather will be here soon, so I realized that I need to step up my production of coleus cuttings. I made 2 cuttings each on the trailing pink and ‘Cantigny Royale’ tonight. I had let all my small coleus pots get on the dry side, so everything got watered and hopefully it will a...Sunny 7°C / 45°F
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02 Mar 2008just named! coleus 'Cantigny Royale' and please live until spring Indoor gardenI was looking through a Park Seed catalog and what should I see but my purple coleus. It did not have a tag when I bought it, but now it has a name. Photo in the catalog looks just like this did when it was growing outside last summer. The original plant now moved indoors is still quite green.Sunny 13°C / 56°F
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24 Feb 2008everything is doing so well please live until spring Indoor gardenI’m borderline amazed at how well all my indoor for the winter plants are doing. The coleus is really growing and the spider plant looks good. The fern has probably suffered the most but it is putting out a lot of new growth. I’ve always considered houseplants “fussy” a...Overcast 9°C / 48°F
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20 Jan 2008coleus looking good coleus 'Cantigny Royale' and please live until spring Indoor gardenAll three of my purple coleus, the big original plant and the two little ones are looking good, if green! The big original plant is very green while the two babies are more purple and are growing well.Sunny -2°C / 28°F
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09 Dec 2007not a good day for coleus coleus 'Cantigny Royale' and please live until spring Indoor gardenWhen I was cleaning up from outside today, I managed to knock the big pot of coleus on the ground. The plant seems okay and I took it outside and added some potting soil and watered it well.
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06 Dec 2007baby coleus coleus 'Cantigny Royale' and please live until spring Indoor garden
Here is a picture of one of my fall cuttings of the purple coleus. It is very interesting that the new growth that is coming in indoors in green.

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