Surrounded by Crotons

[Moose]

Oh its surrounded by those darn crotons. Sabal palmetto 'Lisa' looks like she is gonna grow right on up and past the pesky crotons.

[Josh-O]

lol.. at least they stay small and colorful. Nice pic Moose!!

[Jim in Los Altos]

I like those colorful crotons. They help point out the deep green of the emerging Sabal.

[Rafael]

Looks great!

[Cikas]

Very colorful. I like it.

[realarch]

That Sabal is a great looking palm surrounded by those beautiful pesky crotons. Darn those things.

Tim

[Peter Timmermans]

So much better than brown perennials in my yard. I like the tropical look they create and how they make the Sabal stand out. Wish I could grow them.

[Jeff Searle]

Why do you have so many of the crotons, when you could have more palms?

[_Keith]

Why do you have so many of the crotons, when you could have more palms?

Cause he has no more room for palms, just Crotons. Ssssh, he is giving me palms.

[edric]

Thanks Ron, looking good, Ed

[Eric in Orlando]

they look great !

[Zeeth]

Beautiful!

[Moose]

On 1/11/2015, 1:41:08, Jim in Los Altos said:

I like those colorful crotons. They help point out the deep green of the emerging Sabal.

Thank you for the compliment on the crotons. But I know your eyeballing my "Lisa". 

Seriously, I am very blessed to have a garden in a climate that allows the inclusion of both palms and crotons.

[knell]

i see oak leaf crotons in there, looks like leaf mutation is the theme of that area haha

beautiful lisa, one of my favorites

[Dave-Vero]

Of course cute little crotons can grow into mini trees.  

[Moose]

On 11/21/2015, 2:38:21, knell said:

i see oak leaf crotons in there, looks like leaf mutation is the theme of that area haha

beautiful lisa, one of my favorites

One is called Oak Leaf Superba which actually needs full sun exposure to color up. If shaded 1/2 a day leaves turn green. The other semi oak leaf shaped is Doctor Alexander which it rather rare. Only found in a collector's gardens I've given away two air layers of it this year so it won't continue being rare.

[Josh-O]

On 11/21/2015, 5:22:38, Dave-Vero said:

Of course cute little crotons can grow into mini trees.  

sheer awesomeness!! 

[Stevetoad]

Looks great!!

[User00]

great 

[Jeff Searle]

For our viewers, how many varieties of crotons do you have planted?

[Josh-O]

[kwtimo]

On 11/29/2015, 7:20:38, Jeff Searle said:

For our viewers, how many varieties of crotons do you have planted?

Jeff, in my tiny yard I only have 7 planted so far.  My goal is to have 30 of my favorite cultivars mixed in with the other palms, trees and fragrant shrubs.  I do, however, have around 150 or so crotons planted at the properties that I maintain.  There's always room for more color!