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Crotons Crotons Crotons

Dave Butler

By Dave Butler
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Nice plant Dave.  I have a plant named "Cornbread" that resembles it slightly.

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Dave,

Where there are nice plants, there are cuttings.  The ability to share cuttings is what makes growing thses plants so rewarding.

Ray

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Dave,

The croton mania website has been inaccessible for a few days.  I keep getting a "bandwidth exceeded" message.  

Ray

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Dave Butler Proficient

Dave Butler

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The Web site been down alot of visitors downloading pictures eating up my bandwidth. It will up again shortly

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www.CrotonMania.com

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(Ray, Tampa @ Aug. 03 2006,08:35)

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Dave,

Where there are nice plants, there are cuttings.  The ability to share cuttings is what makes growing thses plants so rewarding.

Ray

The plants for cuttings are down here, your up there. When you come down here have Jeff contact me and all 3 of us will go on the croton hunt. Bring your felco`s :cool:

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Dave,

Anything I don't already have is interesting to me.  I'll think about some particular plants though.  "Sunray" is one of them.

Ray

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Jeff Searle Grand Master

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Oh no, the three stooges in one car!

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

Daryl Grand Master

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Still trying to get an ID on this one...any ideas?

Daryl

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

SubTropicRay Grand Master

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hi Daryl,

I'm stumped.  It resembles a few that I have in mind but there are slight differences.  

Perhaps Dave or Jeff will chime in.

Ray

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Dave Butler Proficient

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Thats funny I was going to say ask Ray or Jeff :D  Hard to tell maybe a AFD and then again maybe not. Most likely a unidentified Hybrid there is a lot of unidentifieds running around.

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Neofolis Veteran

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I've looked at all the pictures and read all the comments, but I still don't understand the appeal of crotons, although Dave's collection is very impressive.  I know taste is a personal thing.  Of the people here who prefer crotons as companion plants for palms, why do you think you would rate them above cannas or bromeliads, for example?

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Corey Lucas-Divers

Dorset, UK

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Constant color my brother, constant color.

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Dave Butler Proficient

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(Ray, Tampa @ Aug. 04 2006,08:19)

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Constant color my brother, constant color.

I have to agree, along with cordylines

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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I have found crotons at times (perhaps this will be sacreligious on this board) to be as addictive as palms.  The one advantage crotons have is a cutting or air layer means an instant plant.  Palms take years of care and must be grown from seed.  You see a croton you like and within weeks, you've got the plant too.

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SunnyFl Mentor

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Funny, I just said the exact same thing in a PM - that crotons are as addicting as palms.  And they certainly are.

Corey, yes, taste is a personal thing, but when you see a mass of crotons in the bright sun, and their red, maroon and gold leaves are absolutely glowing, the effect is bold and vibrant - more beautiful than many flowering shrubs.  Have you ever seen sunlight on a mass of fire crotons, ablaze with color?  And then imagine a group of palms with emerald green fronds above them - it is one of the most wonderful sights that nature offers us.

St. Pete

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Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

Neofolis Veteran

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Maybe sun and the right setting is the missing ingredient.  Obviously I have seen pictures of crotons in the sun, but in the flesh, I have only ever seen them indoors in garden centres and the like.  I do like the colour, but I have always found the shape and form of the plants to be a little ordinary.  I assume from earlier comments that not many, if any, would be hardy year round here, but they appear to cope with pot culture OK, so that or summer bedding could be options.  Maybe when I have more space and am not forced to be so choosy with my purchases, I will investigate them further.

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Corey Lucas-Divers

Dorset, UK

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Ave Jul Low 52F/11C (45F/7C Min)

Ave Jan High 46F/8C (59F/15C Max)

Ave Jan Low 34F/1C (21F/-6C Min)

Ave Rain 736mm pa

SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Neo, you are a croton addict to be.

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Central Floridave Veteran

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I like crotons due to their exotic and psychadelic looks to them.   Also, their ease of care and propagating.  

Here is my collection.  I've collecting for a few years, but have tapered off some as I'm running out of space!  However, I always on the look out for variety I don't have!  The problem is this far North in Florida and you don't really see the variety you do down in South Florida.

http://centralfloridapalms.com/archived/croton2006/index.htm

Central Florida Gardening Forum 2ndlight.Com

Jeff Searle Grand Master

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Neo,

    For color in a tropical setting, you just can't beat crotons. Bromo's also have their place too. Especially the Neo's. But the problem for us in S. Fla. with canna 's, is that the worms love to maul this plant. And thats why you don't see many of these aroud.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

SunnyFl Mentor

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(Jeff Searle @ Aug. 04 2006,23:29)

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But the problem for us in S. Fla. with canna 's, is that the worms love to maul this plant. And thats why you don't see many of these aroud.

Not to mention the horrid lubber grasshopper.  I got a little canna once and within hours it attracted them.  eeeeeeek!

Where lubbers are concerned, planting cannas here is kinda like hollerin'  "dinner is served!" :angry:

St. Pete

Zone - a wacked-out place between 9b & 10

Elevation = 44' - not that it does any good

Dave Butler Proficient

Dave Butler

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Thailand`s beauties, These crotons are native to Thailand there hybridized to be small and compact. Very different than the American version as some of these photos will show. These are imports in these photos from South Florida.

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SubTropicRay Grand Master

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Nice Thai collection.  Winter defoliators they are up here.

Jeff, think of it as the three musketeers.

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