GG we could well get a frost before your visitors arrive. It feels like we are going to have an early winter. After today our temsps are going to be in the 50's low 60's during the day. I have already started taking cuttings of my tender perennials so I don't have as many HUGE plants to take care of inside over the winter...just lots and lots of little ones.

Penny

My coleus are still out....first year I have had luck with them . Didn't like Kong ....didn't do much but I got a trailing one that is wonderful . Please tell me how you save yours and sorry to ambush your post about frost ....I say better safe than sorry ....get them in soon. Kareen

I've lost a choleus already .. maybe the storm that came through the Buffalo area Monday nite? The choleus looked great Monday, and looked like it was hit by frost (droopy & slimy)when I saw it yesterday. Very weird ... nothing else looks bad.

A friend that was at the house commented on it yesterday too.

coleus are always the first plants to be affected by any cold wind or rain for me. I love them and have the ideal growing spot for them but they just don't do well for me up here. I used to have awsome displays down south. As soon as it started to get cold I would just take cutting, root them in water and overwinter them inside until it warmed up enough to put them back out in the spring.

Penny