News Item: : Coleus
(Category: Decorative leaf)
Posted by gradinar
Wednesday 06 August 2008 - 10:21:03


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Koleusat room or nettle (Coleus) is a herbaceous perennial plant, which increasingly is grown as a year. Its stems are rebresti and juicy, and the colors together in a small brush. The higher the dry soil, the more frequent watering the plant, the faster it starts to bloom. The beauty of the room is created by the nettle leaves. If you place it in place at Grace set, then color the leaves will be very deep, but the moss on them even more noticeable.

Richly tinted, decorative plant leaf. Koleusa exist in a variety of leaf color - white, golden yellow, violet, burgundy and more. Because nettle like leaves are called ornamental nettle.



In the garden koleusa sometimes suffers from the hot rays of the sun, so we need to create a loose its shadow or to shade at noon. In low-light brightness of the leaves lose their color, they appear very green.


Koleusat loves much water, but it should not be hard, so it possible filter. During the summer months the leaves with water irrigation. From May to June the plant should be dressed once a week. In October, have low to crop color and to Spring replanted in soil humus. Central heating is the enemy of koleusa, dry air and heat help the appearance of mites.


To preserve the beautiful and bright color of the leaves is necessary plant to be located on a south window in direct sunshine, and the hottest summer days to overshadowing. In the summer loves Koleusa normal room temperature and in winter - temperatures should not drop below 8 degrees. Central heating is the enemy of koleusa, dry air and heat help the appearance of mites.


Propagation: By cuttings, which root rapidly in soil or water.
In the second year koleusat loses its beauty, so periodically Replace your plant with cuttings.


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