A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Having trouble with my new Coleus

I'm quite new to this whole gardening thing, and my wife and I have just planted some flowers in pots on our back deck. One pot is looking great, with dahlias and black-eyed susans. The other pot with 3 different coleus are having some trouble!

The main trouble is with the light green one. It was totally solid in color the day we got it, and 2 days later the edges started to curl and turn brown, and now there's brown all over it. It's sitting in a pot full of Miracle Grow and there's a drainage catch thing at the bottom of the pot. The other pot has a similar quantity of plants right next to it getting the same amount of water and sun.



Please help me make my coleus happy, thanks!

Not all coleus can take full sun...some are meant for shade. It may also be that this particular one needed to be acclimated to sunlight more slowly than the others, and it may rebound back and be fine (the leaves that are turning brown will eventually fall off and be replaced.) Lastly, it could be overwatering. If you have a pan that catches water under the pot, you need to empty it every day or that water gets reabsorbed into the soil and the plants roots stay wet.