Coleus

Another lovely one, Bernie! They're all so pretty/striking. Such a varied collection.

They do add a lot of colour and interest to shady corners.

Very vibrant! I love coleus!

They add lots of color to dark parts of the garden. The only drawback is that they only live outside for only 3 to 4 years and then they need to be replaced. Luckily, they’re easy from cuttings.

That's exactly right Delonix. They are just so easy to propagate. I always have some waiting to replace those that are going to die off.

I do the same. I have a beautiful bright red one that I got cuttings from my friend a few years ago.

That was actually one of my garden jobs today - to take tip cuttings from all my Coleus plants. It's something I do before the arrival of our wet season, hoping that I have something established just in case I lose the ones out in garden beds.

That’s funny, I just potted up some new cuttings a day ago.

Cuttings usually root in about 5 to 8 days, extremely fast.

Yes, they don't take long at all. I want to get mine started now and hopefully they'll survive the wet season.