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Sep 8, 2016 4:32 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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Hi and welcome! We need to know the city in Georgia you live in - climates are pretty drastically different from Savannah to Atlanta to the western mountains. So if you were in Savannah, your Coleus might overwinter outside with some protection. But not inland where it freezes more often. Fill in your location on your profile so your city will come up in all your posts.

I took Coleus to my daughter's garden in Salt Lake City a couple of years ago. She keeps the plants on her windowsills indoors through the winter, then plants them out in the garden after it's warm in late spring. Then in the fall (oops, I'd better remind her now!) she takes cuttings before the plants get knocked back by frost, and starts new small plants indoors again. Coleus root very easily in just a glass, jar or vase of water. They'll be showing roots within a week or two after you cut them. Pot them up with fresh sterile potting soil and you're on your way to spring again.

This way, even the ones that don't re-seed themselves can be carried over the winter indoors, without bringing in pots and soil, or having huge unwieldy plants.
Elaine

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