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Can anyone tell me what type of plant this is?

k-eatonk-eaton Posts: 34
in Plants
Hi,

I used to have this plant but it unfortunately died. I've love to get a new one but no idea what it's called and despite my best efforts with google searches I haven't been able to find photos of anything similar. Does anyone here know what this is?

Karly

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Coleus
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    edited July 2018
    Coleus.  They come in an almost infinite range of colours so tracking down an indentical one won't be easy.  :)
    The trick to keeping them alive is removal of flowers as soon as you see them and taking cuttings which root easily in water.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Hi Karly, could that be a coleus? Flowers not my strong point  :)
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They last longer and get more leaves if you pinch off the flower buds.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They also strike easily from cuttings in water  :)  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hampshire HogHampshire Hog Posts: 330
    I think I would take cuttings and keep the flowers.  :)
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384
    Me too, HH - that is a wonderful colour combination. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • k-eatonk-eaton Posts: 34
    Thanks all! You're amazing!

    I loved the flowers, it was such a contrast with the leaves. It survived for well over 6 months with the flowers, then I moved houses and it didn't like it's new location. 

    I'll be buying a new one. Can't wait to see what colours I get :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2018
    You can grow them from seeds ... they come in assorted colours and patterns ... an infinite variety ... wonderful ... and dead easy ... one of the first plants I grew from seed as a child

    https://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/Flower+Seeds/All+Flower+Seeds/Coleus+Seeds+-+Rainbow+Mix_110359.htm

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    Ohh I didn't realise they flowered
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