Product Description
This unusual plant will help deter cats and other unwanted pests from entering and fouling your garden. Coleus Canina works by emitting an odour that cats in particular find incredibly offensive and therefore disappear back out of your gate or over the fence!
It will be at its most effective when planted in a sunny spot, because the odour gets stronger the hotter the leaves become - fortunately the odour is barely obvious to humans!
Coleus Canina is incredibly easy to grow and will thrive on a high degree of neglect because it is a naturally drought tolerant plant.
It even has the added bonus of producing attractive blue flowers during the summer months and in to early autumn.
Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
What Is Supplied
Item 400092 supplied as:
Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. The foliage works throughout the season, but the plants will be in flower during the summer months. Height 45cm (18). Not frost hardy so keep protected until the last frost.
Plant Information
Top Tips
Pinching out tips will give you bushier plants.
Care Guide
- For most jumbo plug plant collections, the “mini Greenhouse” they are packed in will have a label on the outside, listing the individual varieties inside. We recommend writing your own labels out on receipt!
- Give your plugs a little attention on arrival - unpack them immediately, and either mist them or stand them in water for an hour - they may be slightly dry or yellow after being in a dark box in the post, but they’ll quickly recover. If you can’t do this, they can sit in Mini Greenhouses for a week if upright and not too wet.
We recommend that you leave them to settle for a day somewhere warm, light and airy such as a windowsill or greenhouse.
- When you're ready to pot on, use a good quality, multi-purpose compost, and fill 3-4in pots (7-10cm).
- Make a hole in the compost with a dibber or your finger, then holding each plug by its root ball, place it into the hole and gently firm the compost around it.
- For great results, we recommend using our Windowsill Planters or 9cm pots in Shuttle Trays.
- Give your plants a good water initially, then only when the top compost starts to dry as they don’t like to be left in standing water.
- Grow on either on a bright windowsill or a greenhouse for 3-4 weeks before potting up into containers or into flower beds.
- If planting directly into flower beds when all risk of frost has passed, prepare the ground well, removing weeds and digging in some compost or well-rotted manure if your soil is not already rich.
- Plant approx. 20cm (8”) apart to allow them room to grow.
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Fully Grown Plant dimensions (approx)
45cm
30cm
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Good strong plants Well packaged
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Good strong plants Well packaged
Review Submitted: 01/06/2023 - 11:11:35
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I have e-mailed garden bargains 3 times about not growing roses which has lifetime guarantee and have had no reply except the automated response to say they have received it rest of plants fine just customer service lets them down
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plants have grown well in pots and boarder
Review Submitted: 15/09/2021 - 13:45:45
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Absolute fantastic service. Plants in perfect condition when I received them. Packaging perfect
Review Submitted: 25/03/2020 - 13:10:00
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Problem with initial order but once made aware the response was amazing. Would definitely recommend this company.
Review Submitted: 15/04/2019 - 18:19:20
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Good healthy plants nice size
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Good size fast delivery heathly looking plants
Review Submitted: 14/04/2019 - 15:00:16
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i have brought from garden bargains before. i always find the web pages easy to use, have a lot of detail both in the photos and the wright up on each product they sell
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they arrived in perfect condition in there own little green house. the plugs had very good roots, they wont need growing on for to long
Review Submitted: 13/04/2019 - 06:56:41
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brilliant service
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just as described quick delivery
Review Submitted: 02/04/2019 - 09:21:15
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great communications when plants where due to arrive
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garden ready and they were
Review Submitted: 11/06/2018 - 10:44:16
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very well packaged and health looking plants
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Planted but not long enough to see much growth
Review Submitted: 31/05/2018 - 09:05:16
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very good
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arrived in good condition
Review Submitted: 29/05/2018 - 08:04:52
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Service very quick and pleased with the items I ordered. Thank you.
Review Submitted: 08/05/2018 - 06:13:32
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You sent the plants but no info
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As above
Review Submitted: 08/05/2018 - 13:58:22
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recived in good condition
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nice plants in good condition
Review Submitted: 25/04/2018 - 14:45:37
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Quick delivery and well packaged
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Good quality plugs more than I need so gave some away to a family member
Review Submitted: 06/04/2018 - 06:52:16
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Easy to order and delivered ok
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Thought they were going to be a bit more advanced but now slowly growing
Review Submitted: 07/07/2017 - 06:30:56
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Good
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Very happy with my order
Review Submitted: 19/06/2017 - 13:50:40
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opened three plastic packs of plants but left them on the window as they were too wet to plant straight away. That was two weeks ago, was going to plant them yesterday but opened them up and they were covered in mould, can I save them?
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I opened them but leftthem with the lid resting on the top but now they're pushing it up trying to get out, hope they give that attitude in my garden but on youtube they reckon cats take no notice.
Review Submitted: 24/05/2017 - 09:15:45
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good products & speedy delivery
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Would recommend these plants. Have not had to clear cat mess since planting!
Review Submitted: 15/05/2017 - 20:12:52
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Customer Services were good when I phoned to complain about the poor packaging.
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My only complaint was the poor packaging. The plants had broken out of the plastic container and were loose in the oversized box with soil and dampness in the box. Fortunately the plants were not damaged.
Review Submitted: 21/04/2017 - 06:43:33
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Plants arrived in good condition, and well packed.
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Good condition have potted up on until the weather is right for them to go out.
Review Submitted: 10/04/2017 - 07:59:16
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Service first class all goods arrived in good condition and on time
Review Submitted: 20/07/2016 - 14:40:57
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Service from garden bargains is very quick and good. Packaged very good.
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Plants of good quality. Nice and healthy
Review Submitted: 05/06/2016 - 07:48:22
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Beautiful fresh plants delivered in excellent packaging.
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Healthy plants with plenty of root
Review Submitted: 03/06/2016 - 07:30:08
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Delivered in the time span given
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Well packed but close to drying out
Review Submitted: 09/05/2016 - 08:58:41
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I was very satisfied with my order. Arrived promptly. Packed very securely and above all plants arrived nursery fresh.
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Fresh and healthy.
Review Submitted: 04/05/2016 - 06:33:50
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Quick service fast delivery which is essential when dealing with plants A GOOD ALL ROUND SERVICE!
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As above no probs Potted on and growing well prior to planting out.
Review Submitted: 03/05/2016 - 16:51:20
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exeant service
Review Submitted: 07/04/2016 - 08:42:44
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Review Submitted: 04/04/2016 - 08:32:03
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First time order very fast good lay out catalogue
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Nice big plants and health
Review Submitted: 01/04/2016 - 07:53:38
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Always come up with the goods nice and healthy plants would recommend to anyone
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Really hope this works arrived in good health just repotted
Review Submitted: 01/04/2016 - 09:11:54