#coleuses

[skinnedbutalive]

A month or so ago i hosted a small event for my audience: i asked people to send me my oc's names to know a random fact about them. Straight up questions were also appreciated, but it was not strictly required :) Here is what came of it:

This one was an announcement picture to get audiences attention to the event. Hand: So, are you ready to answer questions? Nadan: It's almost like giving an interview, no big deal. Alvi: i guess.

I once told a tiny frivolous fact about Hand hating blue socks, so one user asked the character why, and added, that if Hand won't answer, they'll address it to Alvi :D Hand: don't you da- Alvi: when he was a child he had a nightma- Hand: SHUT UP! Alvi: -about blue socks biting his feet o- Hand: NOT ANOTHER WORD YOU DIRTY TRAITOR!

Erist: In the past i was afraid to go outside. Be it night or day it was all the same, because it wasn't the Darkness that i feared. It was the thought, that they'll see me and figure out I survived, that gave me chills.

Rint: it's not that i avoid mirrors, but every time i spot my reflection i see my father. This makes me feel... strange. I try not to think about it.

Vasdemar: i couldn't come up with my signature for quite a long time. I wanted something awesome, calligraphic, with hooks and loops. But after ten times i got lazy so it transformed into a simpler one.

(Nemeska and her dream to catch a huge fish :D)

Elmir: Me? You really want to know something about me?? Give me a minute, it's so unexpected. Hmm... I... can't perceive myself separately from my flickerist. It guess you can say Rint and I are the same person, but i am, obviously, his best and smartest part. Although he forgets about it all the time.

Oftentimes I like to observe the life around me. To sit by a crowded street and feel the winds breeze, to listen to footsteps falling on metal, to see faces, smiles, to hear wisps of conversations. To behold. In these times my body...is an obstacle.

Brin: i've been taking antipsychotics since i turned ten. Tastes like shit.

Lugar: andrederas, coleuses, clivias, ferns, succulents. I know unnecessary amount about houseplants, nearly as much about ornamental plants, and a bit about wild ones. It's the most pointless knowledge i have. Can't stand them.

Erist: over the entire history of its existence humanity came up with many fascinating things. Music is the most to my liking. Motley, groovy, lyrical, dance music, folk music, classic music. It gives me melancholy not being able to enjoy it in my current circumstances.

(At the end I'd like to note i found out my twi didn't allow strangers to dm me. The problem is - hopefully - fixed now, so please try again if i didn't answer you! I probably didn't even see your message. So sorry for that, I'm an awful twitter user :'3)

[super-kristuff]

Daily Doodle - Dredge

So, I started playing Dredge recently, and it's REALLY good. Honestly, lowkey, I think any game with a tetris style inventory is a good game, but also, it does a really good job of making you want to explore. Like, I feel like it is the perfect game for some Shadow of The Coleuses-esque mysteries.

Anyway, back to my drawing, I'm still really struggling to refine my final paintings. Like, I'm trying to hold onto painting regularly, and it's tough. But also, I can kind of feel my skill ebb whenever I miss a couple days. Like, I'm kind of trying a lot of things at the moment to try and make my life just a little better. I'm trying to exercise more. I'm trying to eat better. I'm trying to improve my work situation. And like, most of these are routine based things. They require me to work on them daily, or at least regularly, in a semi-fixed schedule. And obviously, taking breaks and being properly rested is important as well, but how much of tiredness is a consequence of my poor habits and lifestyle?

Idk. I'm happy with the drawing. Honestly, it might just be that, as I finish more paintings, I get better/faster at making them. And I don't feel the need to spend as much time refining them? Like, I'm happy with how this turned out. I think the claw could have used a touch up. And there are a few more spots where I could have added detail. I really hope my paintings don't start looking rushed.

But anyway. Enjoy.

[ilona-mushroom]

There’s something magical about watching injuries heal. Seeing my fingers grow back their pads, watching the sunburn fade to a tan, blisters turning into coleuses, etc. The human body is amazing.

[taimemaailm]

(Värd-)Kirinõges (Plectranthus/Coleus scutellarioides)

Saksa keeles Buntnessel, inglise keeles coleus või painted nettle.

Värd-Kirinõges on püsik coleuse perekonnas, huulõieliste sugukonnas ja iminõgeselaadsete seltsis. Tegelikult sellel taimel sellega eriti midagi nõgestega tegemist ei ole, sest nad ei ole isegi samas seltsiski, kuna tavalised nõgeseliigid on hoopis roosilaadsete seltsis.

Taim on kodune Kagu-Aasias, Melaneesias ja Austraalias. Saabus 19. sajandi keskel Euroopasse ühe hollandi aiandusspetsialisti kaudu. Kasvatatakse lehtdekoratiivse ilutaimena.

Kevadel ettekasvatatav, seemnest paljundatatav. Vajab parasniisket, poolvarjulist kuni päikeselist kasvukohta.

Kõrgus 40-60 cm. Lehed võivad väga erinevates mustrites olla. aga enamasti on tumepunased-lillakad koos rohekate toonidega.

Pilt: Wilfredo Rafael Rodriguez Hernandez, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

[q-talks]

cool greenhouse, the nighttime temperature falls to about 7–10 °C (45–50 °F).

(for azaleas, cineraria, cyclamens, carnations, fuchsias, geraniums, sweet peas, snapdragons, and a variety of bulbous plants including daffodils, irises, tulips, hyacinths, and narcissi)

A warm greenhouse has nighttime temperatures of 10–13 °C (50–55 °F).

(for Begonias, gloxinias, African violets, chrysanthemums, orchids, roses, coleuses)

In a tropical greenhouse, or hothouse, which has nighttime temperatures of 16–21 °C (60–70 °F), 

(for caladiums, philodendrons, gardenias, poinsettias, bougainvillea, passionflowers, and many kinds of palms and orchids)

[star-strung-oasis]

From seeds in March, sprouts in April, and a pot of babies now in July, it's been so much fun to watch these little "Black Dragon" Coleuses grow~ 💕

[absinthe-labyrinth]

Coleus

[gotankgo]

just because winter has temporarily taken out my porch garden, the plant life keeps growing inside. as soon as spring temperatures warm things up, most of the coleuses will return to the fresh air out on the porch

[lepusrufus]

OMFG YOU HAVE A COLEUS

I love coleuses (coleusi?). First plant I ever had and super easy to care for. Plus they're really pretty and come in a metric butt ton of colors. You could have a window full of coleuses and each one have different coloring.

Here, a picture of my current (slightly bushy) coleus baby as an apology for tumbling excitedly into your inbox. Lol

OMG YES I actually have... like... 9 of them lmao. They're really easy and as much as I love flowers, a pretty colorful leaf will always win my heart 😔👌❤️

[plantaffinity]

Hii! What are some of your unpopular plant opinions?

that's a hard question! Hmm

I remember a long time ago, when I was a plantblr newbie, it was very popular for people to talk about stealing cuttings. There is a superstition that if you ask for a cutting instead of stealing it, it won't grow as well. Well, I think that's bullshit. I know all my coleuses died and you can blame that on me paying for them all you want but I don't think stealing plants is okay, and stealing in general (as in, tumblr fashion stealing, not poor people who can't afford things and steal from rich stores etc) is a childish behavior that shouldn't be encouraged. I'm far from rich but if you don't need to steal then don't steal. Your life does not depend on a cutting from a plant. Leave the poor plant alone.

Variegated plants are overrated. There are some that I love f.ex string of hearts and strawberry begonia, and I do like dracaenas with fun colours. But in general, the variegarion craze is nothing for me. The way I see it, variegated plants (monstera etc) were expensive because they were rare, and probably some rich person caught up on that, and then it became popular because everyone wants the rich person things. I don't dislike other peoples interests, I just mean that it's the plants themselves that I'm not very into.

Expensive plants in general are just not something for me, my absolute favourite plants are the ones I find who are dying (usually those are on clearance) and I get to nurse back to health! In the past dying plants in stores were largely dying from neglect, but nowadays they're always riddled with pests and disease, so I sadly can't bring home dying plants anymore :(

Soapwater. It does not work. Neither does sticking matches into the soil.

Terracotta planters and bottom holes (as well as "inner planters") are unnecessary if you know what you're doing and the plant is well established. Sometimes terracotta planters, bottom holes and etc are actually harmful to the plant!

Some plants actually don't want to be touched by the suns rays.

"Leaf plants" are better than flowering plants

Spider plants and monsteras are overrated

The best way to check the soil moisture is with a wooden stick, not some fancy technological equipment

That robot that carries around your plant to put it in sunshine and tell you when the plant is thirsty was failing at his job, that plant was elongated and miserable!

"The plant will take as much as it needs" in context of self watering or bottom watering is wrong, the soil is the thing that sucks up the water and it can cause both under and overwatering depending on what method you use

I don't like head/face pots cause plants don't register as hair in my brain

I don't like echeverias!

It's okay to be a lazy plant parent!

Fake plants are boring!

Plants and books don't go together, don't put potted plants in bookcases with books or god forbid on top of a stack of books! You're telling me you have such good aim that you will never spill a drop ever? Yeah sure

I hate grafting, it looks super creepy

Mother of thousands (and similar) make me uncomfortable. Where will all the babies go

And I can't think of any more 😝

[debirdsandfleurs]

A Sea of Coleuses and Friends

[botanyshitposts]

Is there a plant that you hate and why

coleuses. im not one for like, gardening, and i’m actually terrible at actually taking care of plants, but back in high school i started getting my foot in the door for botany by volunteering/working at greenhouses, including the community greenhouse where my hometown grew all the ornamentals to be planted in pots along the streets/for general public landscaping purposes. volunteering with me for said greenhouse were a bunch of old ladies who would just come by to hang out and plant stuff. i swear to god they knew the names and cultivars of all the plants we had there, and they loved the coleuses. ‘theyre such a splash of green’ they would say. ‘they’re so pretty’. people would come in for community sales and the coleuses would sell like hot cakes. ‘theyre so beautiful’ everyone would say. little did they know that i was the one spending three hours a day in the mornings watering four greenhouses worth of plants and the coleuses were the bane of my existence because they would form these absolutely impenetrable bulletproof mats with each other, so i couldn’t see through the leaves if i had the pots filled until water was flooding the entire flat and spilling over the sides. i would go in there with my long sprayer pole thing with my tank top and headphones on hoping to god that i didn’t turn the entire city and 15 elderly women against me by accidentally overwatering the precious uwu coleuses that can do no fucking wrong. i walk around greenhouses now and they’re in every goddamn pre-planted flower arrangement ever to exist and people just love them. ‘oh theyre so pretty and green uwu’. ‘they just add such a splash of color to the pot’. ‘look this one has little red stripes on the leaves’. i am convinced the flower arrangement designers for proven winners are sitting there in the little design rooms in the corporate plant headquarters in california like ‘oh benjamin please do add another coleus to the new collection’ and everyone just goes absolutely feral like ‘oh my god that’s genius let’s add a coleus, should we add the efferecent princess nuclear yellow daisy cultivar or the red tiara taco bell baja blast cultivar???’.  its been 3 years now since the summer i had to water 500 plugs of coleuses on a daily basis and i still hold this personal vendetta against them, like they aren’t even an objectively ‘terrible’ plant but it’s gotten to the point where i will immediately loathe a flower arrangement based on the presence of a coleus alone. we had to dissect coleuses in plant anatomy a couple weeks ago and i had to swallow my rage to even confront them on a cutting board. i see a coleus and i immediately want to die

[amandas--stuff]

Just planted some Coleuses and African Daisies. What do you think? :)

[beachhobo75-blog]

The Best Indoor Potted Plants for Your Home

A house that has plants and flowers inside is exceptionally appealing and agreeable to live in. All things considered, you can't spread pretty much any sorts of seeds. You should set aside some effort to locate the best kinds of indoor plants existing. There are innumerable developed sorts today and you can't develop every one of them, obviously. Thus, you have to have a legitimate comprehension of all the accessible indoor potted plants to settle on your decision without any problem.

The best thing for you to do is to make your own model dependent on your necessities. For example, you can amass plants dependent on what their development necessities are. Some interest more consideration and consideration since they are touchy and others don't. In the event that you have no sufficient opportunity to complete your day by day timetable and take care of your delicate indoor trees, flowers or different bushes, you can do fine and dandy with lenient vegetation.

What you can't disregard is legitimate research as it can open up comprehension on inside structuring potted plant-life. To give you an away from of what this is about, perused the accompanying indications. Initially, you can pick succulents, including a gathering of houseplants that have delicious leaves and stems. These are generally dry spell lenient choices and they brag various structures as far as the state of their leaves and stems.

Aloe Vera is a genuine case of a plant that can make due inside and outside the house. Indeed, even jade is another astonishing decision that doesn't need to irritate you to an extreme. Prickly plants species get by in both bone-dry and semi parched climate conditions and you for the most part discover them in deserts. On the off chance that you ever need to make a little desert in your house, basically pick prickly plants group of plants.

It includes a wide range of animal varieties, including Christmas or Forest desert plant with smooth, delicious advances and beautiful flowers. The desert type has spines and spikes developing from its beefy stem. You have to pick a sheltered spot to put desert flora indoor potted plants. In a home with youngsters, the spikes and spines can be dangerous. Okay prefer to have an indoor scene comprised of appealing leaves?

Nothing would be superior to greeneries, exceptional plants with fragile leaves. Its leaves can be button like or blade formed and they have a green shading. This is a decent vegetation in blend with other inside flowers. Another astonishing decision you have is ringlets or climbers and they are alluring and easy to understand. The primary sorts are the English ivy and the zebrine and they have some hot stripes similarly as the coleus does.

Coleuses are charming houseplants with marginally wide little leaves with yellow outskirts and dull red surface. They look increasingly like herbs, however they have various species with the end goal that some develop tall like trees. The above are unquestionably only a couple of decisions that you can go for the present. On the off chance that you need to locate a few different assortments, utilize the Internet. You can discover numerous indoor potted plants that you can arrange immediately.

[tremorgirl]

Happy day after Earth Day! Here's a picture of what I've gotten done on my front porch. Super excited about the 2 coleuses and the geranium that I somehow managed not to murder over winter!

I also have a set up in the backyard that I need to get plants into, and a ton of grow bags to fill with veggies.

[cannibality]

swampthing replied to your post “i potted 10+ cuttings today! Some arrowhead plants, a golden pothos, a...”

omg....ive always wanted house plants but im so inexperienced....what do u recommend for a first timer....(i have a cat if that changes anything)

honestly it really depends.... is your cat a little chewy boi? if so, you’re gonna want something to keep well, well away from them because a lot of houseplants are full of oxalic acid which will make em sick. ours fortunately doesn’t chew plants so it’s never been a problem. 

I started with little succulents - start with a cactus because you basically ignore them for weeks. Get a little $5 cactus from a plant shop, keep it in the little plastic pot, and don’t water it at all. Then every 2 weeks, fill it with water and let it all drain out the bottom. This is to simulate the drought-flood cycle that succulents are used to. 

Once you get used to that, you can branch out a little! I really love coleuses, because they grow very quickly and predictably and every time you trim them, the cutting becomes a new plant because they root so easily. You also might want a devil’s ivy, because it’s a beautiful hanging plant. 

Monstera deliciosa are a big ~prestige plant~ because they’re quite showy, but they’re really really easy to care for and they’re very dramatic. 

i like......... love plants.........