Those photos didn't come out well :( Thanks Tiffany, so nice to see you! I hope you had a good summer, its so hot here still, 94 tomorrow!!!! Usually we are bracing for frost here this is unnatural

TY & yes! Hope you did too. Is it really about time to start slinging the F-word around up there? Man, I don't miss Z5 at all (except when I see people skiing on TV.) For now, stay cool!

Thought I'd put a pic before. Crazy corner of things that start with C... Coleus, Caladiums, Callisia fragrans.

Do you guys bring coleus inside over the winter? I always plant it as an annual in the ground. It never occurred to me to keep it as a house plant.

You can take cuttings or bring whole plants in. Needs more light for winter than summer. I haven't bought any for a few yrs, mine are all saved & spread again & again throughout the yard from cuttings all summer. Cuttings can stay in jars of water all winter, just don't use bottles with tiny openings, like beer bottles if your cold weather is more than a couple months. By spring, the roots can be too big to come out of the hole.

Kept in water all winter, I find they get REALLY sickly. Their roots also don't transplant very well when in water so long. Usually I just stick stems in dirt and they always take. I exaggerated, frost usually come first or second week of October(last year November 2nd) but frost in mid/late September are not unheard of. I actually think I'm Z6 or at least 5b, last winter we had "the second coldest Feb. On record" the coldest temp was -13°F

Rhamel, it's very difficult to resist coleus. I've begun growing a few seed varieties (Swallowtail Nurseries) as well as purchasing a special hybrid or two (Rosy Dawn Nursery).

Amy, coleus do very well inside, but under certain conditions. You'll need to find the brightest location in your home, give them frequent haircuts to keep them full. I'll usually take cuttings in the late summer and grow those inside.

Favorite container specimens do best for me from those cuttings, or by cutting the mother plant back severely before bringing them in.

The sun loving cultivars that are very popular now don't seem to do as well when brought inside.

I have fallen in love with them. Those "SunColeus" I have never been a fan of those, they still burn in direct sun if not watered a lot.

I've only tried one for sun, 'Florida Sun Jade.' I can't say enough good things about it!! Strangely enough though, the coloring is not that much diff when put in mostly shade, unlike other Coleus that can be wildly variable in their coloring in diff exposures. The pic doesn't show it, but this plant is blooming like crazy!

To save for winter, I've stuck cuttings of this in with my highest
light plants, like Kalanchoes & Opuntia, as well as cuttings in
water. The appeal of water cuttings for me is being able to utilize
thin windowsills to have cuttings in as much light as possible. A
window that's only about 30" wide can hold 50+ cut branches. Otherwise,
as potted plants, Coleus really seems to need to get right next to the
best windows, and I don't use any pots small enough to be on the sills.
If the high-light pot space wasn't already planned for "regular house
plants," that would be fine with me, but I need those spots for other
plants.

When the weather's good again, my cuttings go in the
ground, not into pots - instant landscaping! Not had any issues with
that not going well.

So glad I saved the ones I have! I haven't seen any Coleus for sale except 'Wizards' and 'Rainbows' @ BBS's since the one little mom'n'pop store went out of business a few yrs ago. I don't buy seeds or plants in the mail, but not knocking that for others, just not how I roll.

Don't leave Coleus outside (or wait to take cuttings) until the night of 1st frost. By then, there's probably been a few cold, almost-frost nights, and that's all it takes to really freak Coleus out. Get plants or cuttings in before it starts going below 45.

Temps in my location dipped rapidly. Today, 75°F

I've never been a huge fan of coleus, until this year... when I realized how easily they grow from cuttings! I bought 2 coleus plants in the spring, and pieces of them are now in hanging baskets, in the ground, containers, you name it, and all doing well. There's something about a successful propagation I guess. I'm looking forward to getting more colors too... I love the purple one in Rhamel's pic #2 and Tiffany's Florida Sun Jade. Beautiful!

Hi & welcome, Ibis! No doubt. Coleus is one of the plants responsible for my outrageous propagation illness. I'll be so excited the next time I find a "new" one.

I always let one plant go to seed. Planted in the spring, I get almost 100 per cent germination. I had too many this season. I gave some away but saved all the rest just to enjoy their beauty.

Some pics from yesterday.