Colosseo flowers look very impressive both at home and in the garden. Growing and caring for them is not difficult, but their velvety leaves will decorate your home garden.
There are a lot of varieties of plants, they all differ in the shape of the leaves and their coloration. For cultivation in the garden there are no special varieties of wheels. The choice of a particular variety will depend on your preferences.
Coleuses in our garden
So, what do you need to plant this unusual plant? Coleus, as a rule, is grown from seeds . Buy them best from proven brands. For germination, it is best to provide the seeds with greenhouse conditions. Plant them in black earth, mixed with manure, pine needles and sand in the proportion of 4: 2: 2: 1. In this case, the mixture must be heated, compacted into a box and pre-watered with manganese solution.
Landing of the wheel begins with a neat dispersion of seeds with the help of fine sand. Next, the seeds should be pressed to the ground and watered through a fine mesh of watering can. To fill the ground with seeds is by no means impossible. After this, the box with the seeded seeds is covered with a film. Keep it at a temperature of 23-25 degrees Celsius, sprinkle several times a day, make sure that the land is always wet.
The first leaves appear above the ground for 7-10 days. It is important at this time to reduce the temperature of the contents to 17-19 degrees and ensure maximum illumination. In a separate pot, the plant is transplanted no earlier than the age of 5-6 weeks, and only when they develop a powerful root system, they can be planted in the open ground (at 12-13 week).
In the garden, the koleus perfectly tolerates open sunlight and the drying of the upper layer of the soil. For the winter, the plant can be transplanted into pots and brought into the house, and the next year again planted in the garden.