Episode 62: Coleus
On The Ledge
Jane Perrone
4.8 • 773 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
'Campfire' ... 'Spiced Curry' ... 'Alabama Sunset' ... 'Dipt in Wine' ... no, I am not reminiscing about my summer holiday, I am of course talking about varieties of the fantastic plant that is the Coleus. I was once rather dismissive of these plants, but in recent years I've come to realise how wrong I was. Dr Hessayon calls Coleus 'the poor man's Croton' and he's right - they are a lot cheaper and easier to grow! They come in a fascinating range of shapes and colours, from 'Dark Chocolate' to 'Pink Chaos'
Many people treat them as annuals, and they are cheap and easy to grow enough that there's no shame in this approach, but it's also possible to overwinter your Coleus going over winter. I sowed a packet of 'Rainbow Mix' Coleus seed as part of this spring's On The Ledge sowalong and it's further cemented my love of this plant family.
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| 0:29.6 | Music Campfire |
| 0:48.0 | Spiced Curry |
| 0:49.9 | Alabama Sunset |
| 0:52.4 | Dipped in Wine |
| 0:54.8 | No, I'm not |
| 1:01.6 | reminiscing about my summer holidays |
| 1:03.6 | I am of course talking about |
| 1:05.6 | varieties of the wonderful |
| 1:07.5 | foliage house plant that is |
| 1:09.7 | the coelius The wonderful foliage house plant that is the colias. |
| 1:15.3 | Yes, it's episode 62 of On the Ledge podcast and I am your host, Jane Perrone, bringing you |
| 1:22.8 | everything you need to know to keep your houseplants fine and dandy. Before we dive into the world of the |
| 1:31.5 | colias, a couple of quick housekeeping points. I won't keep you long. First, thank you to my new |
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