How to Grow a Coleus Tree: From a Cutting to a Beautiful Indoor Plant

Turn an ordinary coleus into a beautiful indoor tree with a little patience and plenty of pruning. Learn how to train the stems, shape a full canopy, and keep your coleus tree growing beautifully indoors—even through a long northern winter.

With a little pruning, patience, and plenty of light, an ordinary coleus can be trained into a colorful little tree—and it’s easier than you might think.

Coleus is one of those plants that can surprise you.

Most of us think of coleus as a colorful, bushy plant tucked into containers or garden beds for the summer. But with a little patience and some strategic pruning, you can train a coleus into an entirely different shape—a miniature tree with a tall trunk and a full canopy of colorful leaves.

That’s exactly what I did with mine.

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