How Do You Care For Coleus As A Houseplant?
Coleus, the popular outdoor plant, makes a good indoor plant as well. Its variegated leaves come in almost every color imaginable, and its rapid growth means a tiny specimen will become a large, beautiful plant quickly. With good care, you can grow coleus can indoors, or move it indoors for the winter and back outdoors in the summer. Give coleus plants as much sunlight as possible. The plants will thrive if given a couple hours of direct sunlight from a south or an east window. In lower light situations, the new growth will be long and weak with few leaves. Keep coleus plants in warm conditions above 60 degrees Fahrenheit and, ideally, above 65 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit, place the plant on a tray of pebbles to increase the humidity. In cooler temperatures, it is best not to increase the humidity. Water abundantly as soon as the top of the soil is no longer moist. The leaves of the coleus plant will fall off when the potting mix dries out, so
