Hi Alex lovely Coleus you have there, if you nip the growing tips out it will keep the plant growing nice and bushy

Thanks for the info Dido.

They're often used as summer bedding plants as they have such interesting coloured leaves - and there are more colours available than just the ones you have. You could grow lots from seed next spring if you want to.

O.K, thanks Beattie, that sounds interesting.

If you want to keep them growing, pot them up again and either put them in a heated greenhouse, or in a room in the house that gets plenty of light, then you can plant them out again whe danger of frost is passed.
Iftou decide to do this, repot them before the first frost.derekm.

Thanks Derek.

Nip the flowers off when they appear too, there not pretty at all :) There houseplants Alex but look fantastic in the garden in summer, I have quite a few and i love them, So do the slugs tho !!!!

Ooh. I will have to look out for the slugs though. I will nip any buds off. They do look very nice with just foliage.

Thanks Daisy.

If you don't have room in the house for a full-up bush of them, you could take longish cuttings in the fall, and root them in water on the windowsill inside. When frost is over, plant them out again!

Thanks Tugbrethil. My neighbour said that they root well from cuttings, so I may just do that.