This year, aside from my cannabis growing, my girl and I landscaped the fuck out of our house. We planted shit everywhere - our thumbs are permanently green. We also have a crazy fucking dog who likes to run through our garden and trample plants. I always wondered this - she has already trampled a few plants. She hasn't wrecked the roots on anything (at least from what I can tell), just stepped on, trampled and cut off the foliage of a few Coleus plants and a few other perennials that we just planted, as well as a handful of annual flowers. Will these continue to shoot new foliage up above the soil, or will I have to replace these plants?
its hard to say, and it depends on how established your plants are. for example, things like thyme and myrtle cover an area better if they get trampled, but only after they are established. coleus is different and it doesnt like to be trampled......it depends on how much foliage is left on the plant. the only way to find out is to wait a few days and see! if it has been dry in your area recently, some water will help them, too. -OSUB
SmokeMB A lot will depend on the amount of damage there is to the actual root crown. If that's fairly intact you shouldn't have any problems. CQ
if you don't wanna beat the pooch, put up one of those shock fences. dog wears a collar and when it crosses a specific line, it gets a nice little jolt from the invisible fence. just line the flowers/garden area/wherever you don't want the dogs with it. works wonders, seriously.
Once the plants are damaged significant enough, they will die - it doesn't matter if they are perennial or annual. If the plants are not damaged so significantly, they will survive. But annual plants have a life cycle. If the light cycle ends before the plant fully recover, it will die without producing flowers. Perennial plants on the other hand will revive after dying if their roots survive and have enough energy in storage.
The periniels should be fine, they will probably lose their foliage in the winter anyway unless they are evergreen. Coleus is also very hardy, it's like a weed and can grow in any condition and easy to clone, very easy. If you have at least one leaf and good a healthy root ball it will grow. Have you seen the 'Choc Covered Cherry' strain of Coleus? One of my favorite plants!!! (Horticulture degree from Virginia Tech and have studied pretty much every plant, tree and shrub native and non native to VA and still love Chocolate Cherry Coleus)