Maybe it will turn out to be just an ordinary Carefree, but I’ve never seen any Carefree like this before. Very round heart-like leaves, similar shape to Devil’s Food Cupcake. Maybe they share some similar parentage.
This plant is the one in the lower left in the pot. Similar colors to Chocolate Vampire, but this one is quite round and frillier. It’s quite cute.
I have about three different seedlings in this pot, all in the orange spectrum. Looking at the picture with the solitary pot inside the black round tray, start out with the top/top left one, “Ann’s Fringy Salmon.” It’s an orange deeply lobed type sort of like Under The Sea’s Hermit Crab or King Crab. But…
This is the one that first caught my eye out of all my seedlings. The vivid, almost neon magenta color is so predominant. There is hardly any green at all, mostly the vivid magenta surrounded by a darker magenta edge. I think there are a couple seedlings like this in the pot.
The bright fluorescent lighting in the room tends to wash out the richness of color in some of these photos. This hybrid has a very dark maroon center, almost black, with a lighter maroon/washed out burgundy outer margin. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s sort of like Religious Radish, but that one’s outer area…
Growth Update: Update: There is no saving this plant. So sad.
This one I’m tentatively naming “Ann’s Bright Coral Mosaic.” There are several seedlings in the pot, and the one I’m referring to is in the upper right. There have been several variegated or “Mosaic” Coleus in circulation, namely Kong Mosaic and Fairway Mosaic, as well as other variegated varieties like Finger Paint and Splish Splash.…
It’s been about three months since I gave my plants haircuts and brought them indoors for the long Wisconsin winter. I have seen my plants go from big, healthy mini-bushes to sticks and stumps. The soil has gone from overly-saturated (it rained a lot before I brought them inside) to winter-dry. I’ve seen the main…
Growth Update: Update: Died this year, just like another Gnash Rambler died over the winter 2012/2013.
