We like to keep as many of our annuals as we can from year to year, and one of the easiest plants to propagate is the coleus. Each fall we take some clippings of our favorites and use them to brighten up the kitchen sink windowsill while they take root, preparing them for next year. These were brought inside early October 2018. If you look, you might be able to see the leaves changing color in the background.

I always love these early autumn days, as the leaves are changing but the days are still sunny and warm. It’s one of my favorite times of the year.

Later in the winter, you can see we’ve moved some of the coleus into the basement seed starting area, nursing them along until warmer weather comes in May.