Coleus Canina ‘Scardy Cat Plant’

Coleus canina is a perfect choice for your garden if you are having problems with some unwanted cats visiting. Also known as the ‘Scaredy Cat Plant’ it works by emitting an odour that cats find incredibly offensive and will have them scrambling back over the fence. Plant it in a sunny spot in your garden, the hotter the plant gets, the stronger the odour, luckily this odour is hardly noticeable to humans. Producing attractive blue flowers during the summer and autumn months, it is very easy to grow and will thrive when left alone because it is a naturally drought tolerant plant. Delivered as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.

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.