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Growing Coleus Plants

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Real Estate Agent with DFW FINE PROPERTIES 0506509

 

What I love about living in warmer climate is planting different types of plants and flowers in my Texas garden. Trying new plants is fun! This year, I decided to plant a Coleus plant and here is the result of my efforts!

 

 

What attracts me to this plant are the leaves. You don't grow Coleus for flowers, you grow it for its leaves and they come in a variety of different shapes, colors, and sizes. There is a lot of information on the Internet, books, and magazines about the Coleus plant. What I like are the descriptive words that sound so tantalizing! Those descriptive words include:

 

  • Eye Dazzlers!
  • Easy Going!
  • Distinctly on the Wild Side!
  • Creative!
  • Sophisticated!
  • Show Stoppers!
  • Artistically Edged!
  • Splashed with Colors!

 

Coleus comes in various shades of green, pink, yellow, purple, intense red, and chartreuse. They love the sun and they thrive well in the heat or better known as the "Heart of Texas! If you feel your garden needs a jolt of color with something that requires low maintenance and grows well with other plants, I suggest trying Coleus! They also thrive well in part shade but always requires more than regular watering to flourish well in a summer garden that will extend into fall depending on climate changes and the environment.

 

If you don't live in Texas and you live in Northern climates, Coleus makes great house plants. The homes I lived in while living in the City of Chicago and later to the Northern Suburbs always had Coleus and they grew well as long as they were watered and I kept them in a sunny location.

 

I found this video most helpful and for me the instructions worked! If you feel you need a little or a lot of splash of color, I recommend Coleus. Life is too short to live without plants that brighten your day!

 

©Patricia Feager 5/5/2016

 

 

 

 

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PATRICIA FEAGER, REALTOR®
DFW FINE PROPERTIES
3575 LONE STAR CIRCLE SUITE 315
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76177

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Comments (15)

Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Patricia,

They are spectacular plants.  I love the variety of colors they come in, and their vibrancy.  A

May 05, 2016 02:00 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Ron and Alexandra Seigel - Don't they make you happy? If I was a fashion designer, I'd design a dress using the colors of my Coleus!

May 05, 2016 02:02 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

I love them too. Had a gorgeous specimen last year on a shady porch. You remind me to plant another one this year. Thanks Patricia. D 

May 05, 2016 03:12 AM
Lottie Kendall
Compass - San Francisco, CA
Helping make your real estate dreams a reality

I also am a fan of coleus plants. Before moving to SF, I had a house with a garden room where I'd often mass coleus plants and enjoy the unique beauty of each one. Once yours are established, I hope you share pictures with us.

May 05, 2016 03:24 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Wow, that looks really cool.  It almost looks like something that would grow well on Mars, haha.

May 05, 2016 04:13 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

The colors are so beautiful, I wish I had a green thumb.  I could kill a silk plant. 

May 05, 2016 05:00 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD - I'm glad I brought back good memories for you and I hope you get your Coleus plants in soon! I could only imagine how much work goes into your home and landscaping too. You strike me as someone who truly needs to live in a world where nature surrounds you!

May 05, 2016 06:41 AM
Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert
Zion Realty - Gilbert, AZ
Broker/Owner of Zion Realty ZionRealtyAZ.com

I would probably have to have this as a house plant. I don't think they'd survive our 115 degree Summer days even in the shade. 

May 05, 2016 07:35 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

It is beautiful Patricia, you have a green thumb.

May 05, 2016 08:04 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Noah Seidenberg - I checked, my thumb isn't green, but things are growing and I love it! I credit Miss Ivon, my second grade teacher. She got me interested in growing plants. Whatever I did back then, I usually won the prize or the plants to take home!

May 05, 2016 08:28 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Patricia this is a beautiful plan and you have a very special talent.

May 05, 2016 09:35 AM
Dana Tapia
Re/Max of Orange Beach - Orange Beach, AL
Gulf Coast Real Estate Professionals

I've been trying to decide what to plant in two large containers out front that get a lot of sun. I love the colors in your Coleus, and I think it should do well here in south Alabama, so I guess I just made my decision. 

May 05, 2016 01:16 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

I love coleus and they are easy to grow!  They will even self seed and pop up unexpectedly.

May 05, 2016 02:21 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Thank you for sharing the information . I love the photos.

May 05, 2016 08:37 PM