How To Topiary COLEUS

Hi everyone. Susie here. This is the first year that I have topiaried some coleus and I am liking the results. I will be bringing all of my topiary coleus in for the winter. Hope this video inspires you to try this for next year. Hope you enjoy!
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[@leewiley1944]

Wow!,! Your coleus tree is fabulous! I have never seen one like that! Thank you sooo much for showing all of us how to train a coleus to look like that! Just beautiful!! 🌺

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you so much!

[@jackieann133]

love it like a mini tree.

[@veeeff2323]

At first I thought, "now what is she doing?" but at the end, I was so amazed, haha, love it.

[@chrisolson1755]

That was amazing!! You are so clever and creative and I LOVED your coleus topiary!! Thank you for sharing it

[@shelleydavidson509]

How beautiful! What a terrific idea!

[@floralnhardy7332]

Glad you like it!

[@bettymcmenamin]

I have watched this video about 5 times - Your plant is AMAZING! Thank you for sharing~ :)

[@floralnhardy7332]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@savvyvenus]

Absolutely beautiful. I wish I would have seen this sooner. Will try next year.

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thanks for watching

[@VickiLifeishappy]

Beautiful. I love the branching outward on the year old coleus too.

[@teinahenderson4182]

Wow. Very cool. I've never even considered Coleus for topiary! Totally inspired to try it!

[@MK-wm6gu]

That is so cool! I absolutely love it!

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you so much!

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

Great video! When I take cuttings off of coleus I root them in water and I just about get 100% of them to root. I've never tried putting them just directly in potting soil I would worry I'd lose too many of them. That was a great coleus you found to make into a topiary without main leader going up the center. That was a great visual to show everyone I'm going to try to make a topiary from one of my cutting sedum going to try to root it's August now Summer's almost gone so it'll be fun to try to save it over the winter. I guess my favorite plants are angel wing begonias and coleus and white orchid collection. I also like the elephant ear family alocasia colocation and caladiums. My favorite thing to do with my plants is to propagate and I think the reason why my coleus plants are so full as I'm always looking 4 stems that I can take the cutting without damaging the shape of the plants

[@naturallycg2908]

Thanks, I was so inspired. I have coleus in large pots in my driveway and I cut them back monthly to encourage branching, so I had a tray of cuttings that were well rooted. I stopped the video after I saw your established plant and went and pruned 4 different colors/type of coleus to start topiaries. Thanks for the great idea.

[@vickiperkins476]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to try this.

[@truthofthematter9409]

So so pretty and what an imagination! Love

[@sifisosithole7656]

Thank you for all the information ma'am. As the adage goes, "Knowledge is power!". I have this plant but did not know its name. I also am looking forward to pruning it like you did on yours. 🙏

[@floralnhardy7332]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Edu_Kate]

Many years ago I bought a coleus topiary when I knew almost nothing about gardening. It had tiny leaves in the maroon color. It didn't last very long. 😟 Last year, I overwintered a lime green coleus and had many cuttings I started in water. I'm going to try poking them directly in soil and hopefully I won't have to deal with dampening off. A friend gave me a "Wicked Witch" coleus that I will definitely try overwintering. (Also in MN.)

[@iamwoman1986]

This is so pretty. Thanks for sharing

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you! 😊

[@zaiboonsingh4583]

Beautiful

[@jeanrae2171]

Love it!

[@moomoon1410]

Madam, that coleus is really really really really nice!!!

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thanks. It was a fun experiment. Thanks for watching

[@lisawalters5482]

Omgoodness I’m going to have to try this! Those are beautiful. I love the one you did last year and how you have it underplanted. Thanks so very much for the inspiration! 👏🏻💕👏🏻

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you so much!

[@terrikim4992]

Wow! I love coleus. Thank you

[@floralnhardy7332]

You’re welcome 😊

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

As I'm watching more of this video it just dawned on me if you can't find a plant like the first one you used take a nice tall cutting rooted in water so you can be sure it's going to root and then that way you have a nice straight stem for your start to make a topiary. I also always use a polymer called soil moist and with my potting media and I also put osmocote in it even if it says it has fertilizer added. My coleus absolutely love the soil moist crystals for a couple of reasons I think. They absorb 50 times their weight in water and when you root a coleus cuttings and water and then put them in soil they adapt very well to the soil after growing in water. And then during the summer when you have windy and sunny days that dry out the soil in the plant there's always that excess moisture because of the crystals holding water and suspension for the plant. The second reason I think they like the soil moist crystals is because they expand and contract and keep the soil from getting compacted and help aerate the soil and that way more oxygen gets to the roots and the soil doesn't ever get soggy for root rot. I have coleus right now in pots that are over 3 feet high and absolutely gorgeous that are planted this way. My coleus I bought that were the same size as the one you started the video with one of them has filled out a hanging basket. I can't believe another one that was the size of your beginning coleus plant it's now over 3 ft tall and bushy and beautiful I'm going to try to get them film so I can post them on my KZbin channel. My KZbin channel is just my name and even if no one else watches the video I'll have a record of these beautiful coleus from this year. They've mostly had rain water when they've been watered because I save the rainwater and all my empty water jugs

[@naturesheartgardening7456]

That looks pretty 🪴 great information 💚👍🏾👍🏾💯

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you! 🤗

[@agardenapart9515]

This is genius 🖤

[@elliesgarden1243]

Neat idea!

[@jackieback2133]

thank you so much for showing this I am definitely going to try

[@floralnhardy7332]

Hope you like it!

[@marka6331]

That's impressive. I have a goal now.

[@travsgardenstravshauntedya1998]

When u sat the established topiary on the table i said oh Wow! That is beautiful! I love the shape just how it is! What is the filler plant around the bottom? This is fun, definitely inspired! I just started growing coleus this year and plan to start alot more next winter! So when u bring them in for the winter, you just keep them in a sunny window?

[@floralnhardy7332]

I have Baby Tears planted around the bottom. I have grow lights, so I am going to put them under those. I think a sunny window will do just fine though

[@dinoraportillo6863]

Great idea thank you

[@floralnhardy7332]

You are so welcome!

[@robinroe77]

What is the variety you have in the end of the video. So beautiful, I am inspired!!!!!

[@floralnhardy7332]

That coleus could be Strawberry Drop or Lava Rose. Not entirely sure. Thanks for watching

[@Cqueen333]

😎😎

[@hellboy1488]

The baby tears ❤️.

[@gardensbyjudylevy8031]

That was beautiful!!! I will be doing several soon... let us know more about how to care for it when it's inside... do I need lots of light etc. Thanks for sharing this, most fascinating planting I've seen in a while.

[@floralnhardy7332]

I will definitely keep you updated on my topiaries once I bring them inside. This will be a learning process for me too

[@savvyvenus]

I’d like to know if she still has the plant.

[@XXPC01]

Hi Susie, I always watch your videos where you show the coleus. Which coleus is this?? Chocolate Drop or Strawberry Drop?? Greetings from Germany from Rico

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

I think you need to do another video on how to take care of these over the winter because coleus can be tough to keep them alive and our homes during the winter. Do you miss the do you have a humidifier near it how did you keep it alive over the winter.... and by the way what a pretty coleus just you decided to make into that beautiful topiary. I'll have to watch out for a coleus like that one next year! Thank you so much for this video

[@floralnhardy7332]

I will show the progress of my coleus topiaries over the winter. I might fail with keeping them alive but it is worth a shot. I do have a humidifier, but my plant room is in my garage and the humidifier created mold issues on my walls. Thanks for watching

[@kathleenmurphy2379]

@@floralnhardy7332 I will try to do a topiary with one of my coleus has and maybe we can keep each other posted on our results. I have a coleus right now that's three feet high and bushy it's the shape of a Christmas tree in a way. It's absolutely gorgeous I've never had one like this. I'm going to try and take a video and post it on my channel. I've been able a couple different winners to keep my favorite coleus plants alive. Two of the ones I have right now are from last year one of them was reduced last year in September. And it's gorgeous also probably about two and a half feet tall and shape triangular shaped like a Christmas tree and full.

[@patmiller7272]

I want to try this…. I live in zone 4 too.

[@floralnhardy7332]

It was a fun experiment. Thanks for watching

[@0ldenn]

Hello, thanks for the video ! This is really inspiring. I know you bought some of them from the store but, do you have an idea of what I could do to have a long stem with side branches like the one we can see in the first part of the video ? If I dont prune them, they all get long and thin with no branches on the sides, just leaves. Also, do you still have them today ? Thank you !

[@floralnhardy7332]

I choose coleus that have smaller leaves and I keep taking the bottom leaves off until it gets to a certain height. The coleus in the thumbnail is trailing lava rose, which I grew from a cutting for a long time. It looked like a lollipop for the longest time and I just kept pinching it back. Eventually, it started to branch out. It put on most of its growth in the summer when it got hot and humid. I don't have them anymore. I did have the topiary coleus that is in the thumbnail for a long time and then my grow light fell on it and crushed half of it. I had that one for a long time and was super bummed. Thanks for watching

[@Sweetlady1916]

This is a great idea and so cute! Where did get the shallow terracotta pot?

[@floralnhardy7332]

I got the shallow terracotta pot from Amazon. Thanks for watching

[@endlesslove7014]

Beautiful! How do you make the stem grow it's thickness ?

[@floralnhardy7332]

The stem thickens over time. That coleus is over a year old now. Thanks for watching

[@hells_kells]

Beautiful! What soil do you recommend for coleus?

[@floralnhardy7332]

Any potting soil should be just fine. Thanks for watching

[@meganrenaeart]

How did they hold up inside over winter? Beautifully done!

[@floralnhardy7332]

They did great. I got rid of one because I was running out of room and unfortunately, the other one got crushed when I was adjusting my grow light. I was so bummed when it happened. I should've moved it. Lesson learned. Thanks for watching

[@meganrenaeart]

@@floralnhardy7332 oh no! I'm sorry that happened, but hopefully you'll try again since they were so beautiful! Thank you for updating me!

[@Sara-hp2qp]

9:23 Is that a 'Lava Rose' - a trailing sort?

[@pinkyssj4]

Can this be done with any coleus species?

[@floralnhardy7332]

I think so. I like the smaller leafed varieties because the branches can get a little heavy. Thanks for watching

[@MelZel7]

This is SO cool! Thank you!!

[@floralnhardy7332]

Glad you like it!