Want to save a favorite outdoor plant before winter arrives? Here’s how to bring outdoor plants inside safely, check for pests, make the transition easier, and avoid bringing unwanted little hitchhikers into your home.
Every fall, there comes a point when I start looking around outside and deciding which plants I’m willing to let go…and which ones are getting rescued from the cold.
Because apparently after spending all summer growing a beautiful plant, I’m supposed to just calmly let the first hard freeze take it?
Absolutely not. 😂
Continue reading “How to Bring Outdoor Plants Inside for Winter — Without Bringing the Bugs”Turn one coleus plant into a whole collection! Learn how to take coleus cuttings, root them in water, transplant them into soil, and keep your new plants growing happily indoors through winter.
Coleus might be one of the most dangerously easy plants to propagate.
You start with one plant. You snip off a little cutting. You stick it in a glass of water.
And suddenly you’re looking around the house wondering where you’re going to put the other 14 coleus plants you somehow acquired.
Ask me how I know. 😂
Continue reading “Propagating Coleus: How to Turn One Plant Into a Whole Collection”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.
Continue reading “How to Grow a Coleus Tree: From a Cutting to a Beautiful Indoor Plant”
