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Moose Grand Master

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Its been a very colorful summer in the Moose Land

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Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Pedro 65 Grand Master

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Moose, Im yet to get the 'croton bug" but the Red n Black in the 1st n 3rd pic, I'll take 100 thanks, a red n black croton in Singapore stopped me in my tracks also. Pete :)

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Moose Grand Master

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Pete - I really enjoy the "red & black" colors myself. The most sought after colors by croton fans are the pinks and oranges. You may find these colors temporarily on many crotons, but they often become red with age. A plant that maintains the pinks and oranges - not very common.

The first croton you mentioned is William Craig. I got it from IPS members Jim & Judy Glock. This is a very old cultivar introduced by Robert Craig from his greenhouses in Philadelphia, PA in the early 1900's. Crotons were a very popular greenhouse plant during that era.

The next croton you refered to is Doris. This cultivar was developed by Mr. Chris Mayhew and named after his longtime girlfriend. Chris is the nephew of the infamous Miami croton hybridizer Henry Coppinger. The photo is a bit misreprensentative. This is a orange colored croton but the dark with the flash makes it look orange-red. In natural light this croton has brilliant orange colors which are maintained.

Pete - you have a good eye. Perhaps you need to get some croton color bling going under your palms?

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Well, I was right! When I read your topic heading, I just knew it was pictures of crotons. Very nice.

Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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Moose Grand Master

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Gotta keep Mr. Searle happy, so here are some more ...

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Arn't those the plants that stain your clothes? :floor:

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Moose Grand Master

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Arn't those the plants that stain your clothes? :floor:

Randy - The thin sap can have a staining effect. You need to peel off bark or cut the petioles to produce sap. Crushing copious amounts of leaves could do it as well. My experience is that casual contact with these wonderfully colored plants does not stain your clothes. You got a better chance of getting grass stains by kneeling.

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Might as well post some more ...

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Arn't those the plants that stain your clothes? :floor:

Here are some of my "stainers" :mrlooney: Nasty plants, I got hundreds of em' & a pile of ruined t-shirts to prove it. :wub:

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"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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More "great additions " Ron/ Moose, is Moose a nickname ? Mate if I can find a croton nursery in Qld that has Red n Blacks thats 'enough" to get me started on a little obsessive addiction :) My wifes g/parents have a house in Tweed Heads Far NTH NSW and they have plenty of crotons in their yard as do "many gardens" in that area of retirees, and not till very recent from all the pics you post that they are "starting " to catch my eye, I could always knock on their door for a few cuttings in return for a large pack of lamingtons or scones :)

I agree fully with you that our very open lawn ares of palms need tons of added colour, we have broms and cordylines set aside for these areas but the 'vibrant colours " of crotons would really set it off eh.

Ron, this is the great thing about gardening isn't it ,finding some thing new to add to keep our garens "evolving". Keep posting more croton pics Ron btw Love the added Black n Reds post 13 :greenthumb: , happy gardening. Pete :)

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More "great additions " Ron/ Moose, is Moose a nickname ? Mate if I can find a croton nursery in Qld that has Red n Blacks thats 'enough" to get me started on a little obsessive addiction :) My wifes g/parents have a house in Tweed Heads Far NTH NSW and they have plenty of crotons in their yard as do "many gardens" in that area of retirees, and not till very recent from all the pics you post that they are "starting " to catch my eye, I could always knock on their door for a few cuttings in return for a large pack of lamingtons or scones :)

I agree fully with you that our very open lawn ares of palms need tons of added colour, we have broms and cordylines set aside for these areas but the 'vibrant colours " of crotons would really set it off eh.

Ron, this is the great thing about gardening isn't it ,finding some thing new to add to keep our garens "evolving". Keep posting more croton pics Ron btw Love the added Black n Reds post 13 :greenthumb: , happy gardening. Pete :)

Pete, Crotons are amazingly easy to reproduce from cuttings. Heck, if it's warm enough, you can just stick the cuttings in the ground to root.

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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My other obsession :wub: while waiting for my palms to grow.

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"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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For those of you worried about staining, I have a very easy solution. Just garden in the nude and no more stained t-shirts!

Palmmermaid

Kitty Philips

West Palm Beach, FL

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For those of you worried about staining, I have a very easy solution. Just garden in the nude and no more stained t-shirts!

:greenthumb::bemused:

"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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Moose Grand Master

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For those of you worried about staining, I have a very easy solution. Just garden in the nude and no more stained t-shirts!

I''ve tried that Kitty but the skeeters head straight towards the "tender areas". :lol:

Hey Randy, I love my crotons but I don't hug them. :wub: No staining problem here. ;)

Pete - another positive characteristic about crotons is that many will color up brilliantly in shady areas of the palm garden that the cordylines or bromeliads cannot. They also have fine roots so they cooexist quite well with palms. We grow an Australian cultivar named Capt. Kidd, one of the few that have made it to the States.

Oh looky there, got some more in my picture file, Might as well :rolleyes: ...

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I may have fallen into this trap.

There was a beat up Croton on the reject rack at my local Lowe's, paid $0.99 for it. Very robust, stout oval leaves with a point, obviously yellow with possibly some red in the veins. I've had it for 3 days and it's already rebounding.

I suspect I will have more before too long.

"Ph'nglui mglw'napalma Funkthulhu R'Lincolnea wgah'palm fhtagn"
"In his house at Lincoln, dread Funkthulhu plants palm trees."

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For those of you worried about staining, I have a very easy solution. Just garden in the nude and no more stained t-shirts!

:greenthumb::bemused:

Kitty ..... please post some pictures!

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Moose Grand Master

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Erik - how about posting a picture of your new croton? Interested what you got t the bargain bench.

Here are a few more...

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OK Randy, can we see more of your fantastic plants?

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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A few more :) for Ron.

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"If you need me, I'll be outside" -Randy Wiesner Palm Beach County, Florida Zone 10Bish

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For those of you worried about staining, I have a very easy solution. Just garden in the nude and no more stained t-shirts!

:greenthumb::bemused:

Kitty ..... please post some pictures!

Sorry, Ed. My garden is the only place you will see that!

My grandmother had a friend who gardened in the nude until she died at 92 years old! She was never married but she was feisty and a character! I loved her and her attitude about life.

Palmmermaid

Kitty Philips

West Palm Beach, FL

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Don't worry Kitty just one of those existential pleasure sof gardening we all enjoy--- I live in a subdivision and can stil do it in front and back consequence of the canopy and lots of aroids etc. ---- just dont want any one ot see the ugly details !

Keep on growing plants

Best wishes to you and yours

Ed

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Moose Grand Master

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This 1s a "Killer" Ron, keep em com'n . Pete :)

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Pete - I got this croton as Satan. The colors plus the leaf shape are suposed to represent the devil's trident fork. This cultivar was named in Dr. B. Frank Brown's Encyclopedia of Crotons. There is much debate by the croton collectors if this cultivar is a form of Irene Kingsley ? This croton resides just a few feet from my Dypsis prestoniana. :greenthumb:

Its Randy's turn ... :winkie:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen - I would urge you to check out this croton forum: http://www.palmpedia.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?26-THE-CROTON-SOCIETY

There are some folks from the Tampa Bay / St. Pete area that visit that site. As a matter of fact, I believe there is a garden tour coming up sometime in early Nov. in Fort Myers. You could make some good connections if you seek beautiful plants not available in the big box store or run of the mill nurseries. There is usually an auction of crotons after lunch.

Check out the forum. You will need to register to post questions. Lots of good free advice there.

Best regards,

Ron :)

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen - I would urge you to check out this croton forum: http://www.palmpedia.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?26-THE-CROTON-SOCIETY

There are some folks from the Tampa Bay / St. Pete area that visit that site. As a matter of fact, I believe there is a garden tour coming up sometime in early Nov. in Fort Myers. You could make some good connections if you seek beautiful plants not available in the big box store or run of the mill nurseries. There is usually an auction of crotons after lunch.

Check out the forum. You will need to register to post questions. Lots of good free advice there.

Best regards,

Ron :)

Ron, thanks for the link. I've been on Palmpedia so many times but somehow I never noticed the crotons. I'll try to find out the exact date of the upcoming garden tour in Ft Myers.

I'm not only palm crazy, I'm aroid and fern crazy too. I'm a member of the International Aroid Society but I see on the Palmpedia site that there is a Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society too!!

Thanks again for sharing! :D

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen, What part of the Tampa area do you live? I am reducing my Croton Collection and have some that need a new home. My neighbor took some but I have a few left. Scott

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen, What part of the Tampa area do you live? I am reducing my Croton Collection and have some that need a new home. My neighbor took some but I have a few left. Scott

Scott, reducing as in getting rid of duplicate cultivars to make room for some new ones? :unsure:

Coral Gables, FL 8 miles North of Fairchild USDA Zone 10B

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen, What part of the Tampa area do you live? I am reducing my Croton Collection and have some that need a new home. My neighbor took some but I have a few left. Scott

Scott, reducing as in getting rid of duplicate cultivars to make room for some new ones? :unsure:

Ron, I am getting rid of duplicates to make room for other things. :bemused:

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Moose Grand Master

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Moose, your crotons are gorgeous! Great colors and shapes. The red and black is stunning.

I love crotons and I'm wondering why I don't have more in my yard...?? :hmm:

Karen, What part of the Tampa area do you live? I am reducing my Croton Collection and have some that need a new home. My neighbor took some but I have a few left. Scott

Scott, reducing as in getting rid of duplicate cultivars to make room for some new ones? :unsure:

Ron, I am getting rid of duplicates to make room for other things. :bemused:

Scott - There should be a vast array of very interesting and rare cultivars available at the Croton Auction at the Glocks Garden Tour in Ft. Myers. I plan on bringing some had to find beauties.

Hmmmm, might as well post some photos ...

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Scott - don't forget I'm bringing the Black Beauty for you to the Ft. Myers Garden Tour. There are alot of palms at the Glock compound as well.

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Sorry Ron, just wanted to load a page of all the Red n Blacks posted so I don't have to scroll 2 find. Pete :)

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Pete - I too enjoy the "red & blacks". The problem is if you plant too many in the same area, it becomes overwhelming to the eye. I use crotons as accent plants for my palms, An array of colours and leaf shapes are needed. The "yellow & greens" disbursed amongst the coloured ones is another effective method in aiding in the plants to stand out.

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