Coleus( "nettle")
Coleus promotes professional growth and prosperity
Activity, aspiration to grow and develop in almost any conditions - these qualities are distinguished by the koleus. The plant will be an excellent assistant for energetic businessmen and entrepreneurs, especially representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. Coleus will give confidence, help to find new ways of development.
The more koleus pinch, the more splendid. This plant is able to turn a mistake to the benefit. Coleus will help to recover quickly after failures, at a critical moment to make the right and rational decision. But those who want the house to be a place of relaxation and rest, and not a branch office, it is not recommended to keep the koleus in the bedroom or near your favorite chair.
For businessmen and entrepreneurs
Coleus likes direct sun, in poorly lit places leaves lose decorativeness. To get a compact bush, the koleus is often pricked. Peduncles are also better to remove. Water abundantly, the plant does not tolerate the drying of the earthy coma. Substrate for planting will suit almost anyone, the koleus is not whimsical. Usually, the koleus is not transplanted, as plants grow strongly during the winter. From the strongest shoots the apical cuttings are taken and rooted in the water.
Difficulties in multiplying seeds usually do not arise. The koleus rises quickly and amicably. Try only not to thicken the seed, so that the seedlings do not cut the "black leg".
The third year a friend says that one should start a business, say something, but does nothing. Hence, he lacks a powerful impulse. With the role of "momentum" can easily cope with the wheel. Let the friend himself buy seeds and grow a flower out of them. Will do - then your own can be opened.
Family of labial flowers. Family koleus.
Natural climatic conditions: the tropics of Africa and Asia.
Coleus Blume ♦ Initial shape for most room shapes. Stem quadrangular, juicy, abundantly branched;the leaves are elongate-cordate, with serrated edges, velvety, of different coloration with bands or zones from orange and white to moss green;inflorescence - ear, flowers small, blue.
Coleus hybrid ♦ Leaves ovate or oval »velvety, wavy at the edges, variegated, various drawings;flowers bluish-white, inflorescence
spiked. Coleus Renelta * Shoots, as a rule, are hanging, which allows using the plant as an ampel;the leaves are large, brownish-red with a green border.
Requirement for moisture: moderate watering, higher atmospheric humidity is desirable, but the koleus can also grow in drier conditions;reacts negatively to spraying.
Temperature regime: grows at a temperature of 13 to 24 ° C, in the winter optimally about 15 ° C.
Light mode: light-loving plant. South exposure is preferable.
Soil requirement: pH - neutral;optimal zemlesmes of sod, leaf and peat land with sand in equal shares;in the summer - daily top dressing.
Reproduction: by seeds and cuttings of the tips of shoots.
Features: in the summer you can grow on a balcony or outdoors. In February, they are often cut to the stump for a new growth. To improve ornamentation, peduncles are removed, and the tips of the shoots are pricked.