How to plant coleus in pots as the perfect companion plant
Do you know coleus? If not, you need to! It’s such an amazing foliage plant which I’m planting in pots and containers as a companion plant together with dahlias. You can make the most striking combinations and I really hope to inspire you.
I show how I’m planting just one variety in each pot, which make it much easier to design a stunning container garden from early spring to late fall.
I’m also showing how the same spot was looking for three weeks ago.
Hear about:
Coleus ‘Main Street Sunset Boulevard’
Coleus ‘Main Street Beale Street’
Coleus ‘Main Street Wall Street’
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea'
Viola cornuta ‘Terracotta’
Acer palmatum 'Aureum'
Dahlia ‘Happy Single Kiss’
Dahlia ‘Autumn Fairy’
My name is Claus Dalby, and I live in Risskov on the outskirts of Aarhus in Denmark. To date, I have written about 30 books on flowers and gardens in Danish, and my garden has been featured on many TV shows. In March 2022 my first book in English will be available. I consider my home (built in1908), and its garden with its neighboring wood, as my sanctuary. When I started gardening in 1996, there was just a large lawn covering approximately 1 acre (4,000 square meters), but today the grass is long gone - replaced by 15 hedged rooms with varying colors and moods. Additionally, one of my great passions is growing in pots, arranged to create spectacular container gardens, which I will share quite a bit about on this channel. Decor and creating moods have always interested me - both outside and inside - and I love to use the flowers from my garden for bouquets and to inspire other crafts that create a sense of hygge.
Join me on:
Instagram: / clausdalby
Discover my books on my garden and hobbies at:
Klematis: www.klematis.dk/l/Have
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BEAUTIFUK FLOWERS AND NICE MUSIC
I definitely favor pinks, purples and blues but Claus, you make even the “orange family” of colors beautiful!
@rubyoro0
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
Oh my gosh! I had to put the video on pause for three hours right at the beginning...but, that's ok because the music intro and flowers were so soothing and inspirational to get back to. I was actually tending to my garden! :) and who does a thumbs down?!!! Ridiculous.
Coleus has become fun with colors, shapes and sizes. I like the idea of a smaller pot with the focus on one plant. Beautiful and we!coming entrance.
I love coleus. It can be paired with any flower
You thank us 🤔😲 ? But we thank you and a lot too...every video is a pleasure and nobody has to disturb me 😅😅 Many greetings from Italy 💖💖💖
Lovely container garden
It's such a delight to see your garden and sharing what I can do in mine. You are my favorite channel from the US. Every gardener here seems to always promote that one PW brand, and it's refreshing to see someone else is using many other or different plants that are just as beautiful when planted in containers. The plant colors are so pleasing to look at when combined in a color scheme. Thank you for todays lesson.
I love how you look at your plants like a parent looks at their child.
Your pots are as beautiful as your flowers and plants!
Claus, I've never seen a more beautiful garden. I have one request. Would you please leave the plant names on the screen a little longer. I'm having trouble getting the names down before they disappear. Thank you. Loved your bouquet video. I'm ordering the plants you added to the bouquet.
I LOVE your channel. I learn so much> TY!!!!
So pretty 😍 I think one of your favorite colors is green because your voice gets happy when you describe a green plant 😂
Love the music too💚
Coleus grows so well here in Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🇺🇸 I plant once and they keep coming back stronger in our Spring (Feb) I love your 1 pot/1 variety
Any color is a great color I don't complain. Coleus are such a forgiving plant if a piece breaks it will grow and the plant will fill in again. Thanks for sharing Mr. Dalby.
@leadoucet1432
3 жыл бұрын
If you take the broken piece and put it in a glass of water for a week or so it'll root and make another little plant that'll grow into a big one. Love coleus for their ease of growth and colourings.
In my country we call Coleus, Joseph's Coat because of the colour variety. It's a gorgeous plant
@mariafolch8067
3 жыл бұрын
Where is your country?
@thandekapercival5636
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariafolch8067 Guyana
@kareharpies
3 жыл бұрын
My mom is jamaican and calls them the same Joseph's coat!
@MyGreatAuntFanny
2 жыл бұрын
My father (born in UK in 1920) always called it that, too. They were one of his favourite plants and remind me of him.
These are beautiful Claus! Thankful you’re on you tube!!!♥️♥️♥️
I love the way you have your pots arranged. One thing I notice is you really don’t have any “spillers” in your pots and I love that idea
Envious of those Japanese maples!
Those are beautiful colours Claus, especially with the golden acer. Thank you.
so delightful watching your show. such a treat being in your garden!!! thank you for inviting us.
I also grow Coleus. Thank you for your kind explanation ♪
Coleus one of my favorite plants. Five years ago they were scarce here(I was told nobody wants those) and I started growing them from seed. Now they are back so I do both buy and plant seed.
@nspector
3 жыл бұрын
That's always funny, "Nobody wants those." The fashions, silly. That's where seeds open the whole world.
@aksileb
3 жыл бұрын
When I was a little girl we would only grow them as house plants and it was always the one and only variety. I only learned a few years ago that you can actually grow them in the landscape and that there are so many varieties 😊
@tinaknutsen
2 жыл бұрын
@@aksileb Just read your comment and I didn’t realize you could use those as houses plants. Coleus don’t make it through the winter where I live. I buy these every year to put in my window boxes in my shaded area. I will use them as house plants in the fall. Thank you for your comment!
Coleus have come a long way in the last few years, there are so many new colors. I love the flower colors and the patina on your pots, everything looks absolutely beautiful especially surrounding those glorious Japanese maples.
Axh, coleus is one of my loves!
Thank you! I am going to try your method and do one variety per pot . Everything is spectacular!
Lovely display using repeat colors. Thank you!
I like to see all the pots crammed together on your front porch. I like to do that on mine too, but my husband always thinks it's too much. It's never too much, until you can't walk up the stairs anymore! I love your color scheme... it's beautiful.
I love orange flowers, but I feel they are the hardest to find. Beautiful video!
Absolutely wonderful.Thank you very much sharing with us. To all of you 🍻 cheers 🥂.
Caro Claus i tuoi fiori sono maravigliosi come te! Grazie per i tuoi preziosi consigli. Sei una persona felice perché ami quello che fai! Certo che il tuo clima ti aiuta molto perché le fioriture durano a lungo e ciò rende orgogliosi! Bravo e grazie mille.👏👏👏👏👍💐continuerò a guardare con piacere i tuoi video.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so, so much for your kind comment - I really appreciate it.
Thank you so much! Your examples and information is so inspiring! AND you entranceway pots are beautiful.
I find such pleasure in listening to the way the gentleman speaks English, especially the charming way he enuncitates every syllable even when it's not quite right. It's almost melodic. I wish I spoke so fluently in my other languages. Thank you for your videos, sir!
I’m dabbling quite heavily in the container planting world! Your pots are beautiful. The availability of quality pots here in the USA is difficult to source!
@eleniemmanouilidou24
3 жыл бұрын
It's the same in Greece... I either find plastic or ugly terracotta pots...
@riverunner9978
3 жыл бұрын
@@eleniemmanouilidou24 ......I wouldn’t have thought. Love Mr. Claus arrangements!
Thank you Claus!! So enjoy your information. The orange family is beautiful!
I love the copper/apricot combination and no way should we have to wait for autumn to work with these colours!
🇨🇦🧑🌾Very nice containers on your step...lots of them😄‼️Like the difference colour leaf plants!
I am so glad you started this channel on KZread!!! I love your container planting ideas!!!
@heddaszczepanski9210
2 жыл бұрын
Me too. I can only use containers, and he is a master🤗
Loved this Claus! Coleus is one of my favourites. 🇨🇦
Love to see your channel viewers growing, keep up the good work!
Your displays are such an inspiration! Hello from Washington state!
Beautiful 😍
Beautiful, seems very Autumnal 🍂🏵🧡🌿
I love sun coleus they are gorgeous!!
The coleus tones are beautiful flanking your wooden door fronts.
Very beautiful. My father always planted coleus in pots when I was younger and I never appreciated just the foliage. But now I understand why he liked them so much. They provide such instant color. I have a new appreciation for them. Thank you for sharing your expertise, Claus.
Coleus are some of my favourite plants! I love the different colours and textures of the different varieties!!! They're just so pretty!!! In Greece we call them "beautiful leaves"... Thank you for another lovely video Claus!!! Lots of love from Greece!!!
Beautiful colors. I love coleus.
You have quickly become my favorite plant videos. Have enjoyed these very much!
Beautiful combination of coleus colors. I love you container combos. Perfection.
Beautiful combinations !
We have an orange bike in one flowerbed, I am going to try the pots around it next spring.
Love the color combination . You’re such a artist .
just wonderful
FABULOUS 💚
Beautiful !! 🌞🪴🌺🪴
So lovely!
Wonderful video Claus, always an inspiration, THANK YOU !!!!
Todas las plantas están hermosas.
@ClausDalbyEnglish
Ай бұрын
I am pleased you like it - thank you very much.
I love coleus! There is so much variety of colors to be found. I also love caladiums for the same reason. Thank you!
I love all the new varieties of coleus especially that chartreuse one you showed on the video yesterday. It is so vivid and lovely. I'm glad they have the new varieties that don't flower early in the season because I think they ruin the look of the plant. Your containers are pure delight 💜
I love your music! Oh, and of course the plants!😍
Great color inspiration. I have smaller clay pots need to make a garden run😊
Oh I think you should do a full video on those size dahlias. I hate the ones you have to stake.
So beautiful!!!
Gorgeous grouping of plants. I love the single plant per pot- makes it fun to fiddle with the composition a bit!
Coleus are a favorite of mine, so many varieties ❤️😊❤️
Thank you, what a great lesson about how to dress an entry. Looks so inviting!
Like a Monet paining....❤️
Those coleus and dahlia colours are just amazing. What a fantastic combination.
Love this❤️looks fantastic!
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful...🏵🏵🏵🌹🌹🌹🌸🌸🌸
I just planted coleus in my garden two days ago using the same color scheme! One of my favorites! I plan to pinch them to keep a compact, full appearance!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful entrance. I love flowers in all the colors. I'm drawn to purple and yellow combination this year, but I have all sorts of colors throughout my tiny garden. I'm running out of space. I have flowers waiting to be planted. I need a bigger garden.
I ha e some red dinner plate dahlias and I’m so used to using blue and pink. I’m excited to try something new. Coleus are so temperamental here if they don’t get consistent water.
I love this color scheme, Claus, and such a beautiful selection of plants. 🙂🧡
Love the euphorbia with tulips . Ballerina is a wonderful tulip with an amazing scent as well
BRILLIANT! Love the copper/apricot scheme. Thanks for the tip about shearing the violas.
Beautiful Claus. I was in Hartebeespoort area and thought of you. The Aloe farm had chartreuse coloured coleus! Love from South Africa.
Lovely!
@ClausDalbyEnglish
3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much.
Thank you Claus I love your garden and the information you pass onto us all.
Very inspirational. Thanks for sharing !
Always a pleasure to see your flower arrangements!🪴
I could watch this for days, just beautiful
Looks beautiful!
Thank you for showing your copper arrangement. Your tips are priceless
Just beautiful !!
Always and absolute pleasure watching your gardening. I just love container planting. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
🧡 These are the colors I plant with and love. So beautiful! Coleus are such a brilliant plant. Thank you for sharing your amazing entry way.♡
Coleus are wonderful! Mine has been flowering so prolifically 🥰
I will be running to the nursery for some Coleus tomorrow! Lovely display. Such colorful foliage! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌿🌸
Love coleus!! They look great all put together, lovely display Claus!
This was very helpful. I am inspired to plant more one variety pots for my garden. Thank you for sharing.
This is a very helpful video Claus, thank you. Colours and arrangement of pots just beautiful 😍
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing especially for those of us that depend on container gardening. 😊
Gorgeous! And I agree about one variety per pot, especially when arranging many together.
Great information! This gives me inspiration, thank you!
So beautiful! Coleus is one of my absolute favorites, so easy to grow and many varieties.