Coleus "Chocolate Mint"

I think you've encouraged lots of us to try growing coleus, David! This is beautiful, looks like velvet and it's reminded me I have some choc mint cornettos in the freezer - excuse me a moment while I nip and get one :)

Hope you enjoyed that, Gee - I found a mint Aero bar in the fridge! ;-D)

I did, David, I am an ice-cream addict :)

Hope you didn't pinch this from the fish'n chip shop,David !

:-D) Gee.

Lol, Shirley! No, don't visit those places too often, nowadays, and haven't noticed any in them in recent years. :-)) Spritzhenry sent us seeds of this one last year, for our "chocolate garden". They were very successful, but didn't keep any, so bought more seed in Spring.

Well done on the propagation of them. : o )))

Thank You! I'd have beeen "mortified" if they hadn't grown, as this was the first plant I ever grew from seed at school, aged 7, and had told my children so, lol!

I looked at some in the garden centre today.... none there as nice as this one though :o)

Beautiful deep colour.

Well done David , it's a beautiful luscious colour .. :o))

Our daughter bought us one this summer, it has flowered so OH can collect seed from this then?

Yes, he should be able to collect the seeds, Dd. Any non-flowering shoots will readily root in water in about a week or so, too. Cutting back will also promote bushier growth, too.

Thanks David, we want to keep them going for next years opening.