VeroKarl
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My last thread from 2016 was getting a bit long so thought I would start a new one to share some photos from the garden this spring. I will slowly add to it as I have a chance to add more images.
Thanks so much. We are so lucky to have the perfect climate to grow all of these things here. When I lived in Rhode Island having a garden like this would have only been a dream. If you ever have a chance to get to Florida, you would really enjoy the botanical gardens as well as the gardens of many of the croton members. Ana's garden for example, puts mine to shame. It is a passion to create my own little tropical paradise.It's just heaven on earth.
Unfortunately, I will never be able to visit you. Only google maps I can look at the beauty of Florida. Share photos of your gardens on the forum. From them the mood is super! Thank you!Thanks so much. We are so lucky to have the perfect climate to grow all of these things here. When I lived in Rhode Island having a garden like this would have only been a dream. If you ever have a chance to get to Florida, you would really enjoy the botanical gardens as well as the gardens of many of the croton members. Ana's garden for example, puts mine to shame. It is a passion to create my own little tropical paradise.
Hopefully you will be back in Vero when I am free and the garden is looking good. I am still working on weeding and mulching, but things are coming along. We have missed most of the recent rain so things are starting to get dry. Even with an irrigation system there are plenty of plants that don't get watered. Supposed to be getting rain starting tomorrow, so hopefully we get a good soaking without any extreme weather.Karl, you have such a gorgeous garden! It's a pity that we weren't able to see it
It must be much warmer in Vero Beach. I was surprised to see coconut palms growing everywhere.
My plants have just started growing. I can't believe how slow and painful the recovery is...
Pix,Karl, I have a question for you. You brought so many crotons from different sources and placed them straight into your garden. Did you bring any croton scale? If so, how you deal with it in your lush garden?
I know I brought the scale when I started collecting crotons. It was not here before. Ever since it is flushing here and there, even got into my unkillable 30 years old Bravo. I lost a couple of smaller plants to it. As soon as leaves started growing after the freeze it was there again. I use the sun coffee, horticultural oils, insecticidal soaps and sometime pesticides. As soon as I think that they are all gone…I am finding them somewhere else. And I have a limited number of not very big plants. I wonder if I can ever get rid of it? I sure do not want to send it out to another country. I know that there are special threads for it, but you have a lot of new plants and you never complained about the scale. Do you fertilize your plants? I do. I've just read that there may be some connection.
Sorry for the spam, but since I do not have that beautiful garden of yours, I wanted to share the wild turkey
I had to chase it to the neighbors yard to take these pictures.
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Hi Ana, That was just a name I came up with for a seedling I got from Jose at the auction at your place. I thought it was one of a kind and he had said it was up for naming. That was the best name I could come up with at the time. Your plant looks quite different and very special. You should definitely name it. Nobody else has "Solar Flare" yet because I have not had a chance to propagate it. I owe Keith one at some point, but won't propagate after that so everyone will have the one named after your son instead.Very nice, Karl. I love the Tropical Feel, and all look great. Interestingly, one of my hybrids, which I posted some time ago, really resembles your 'Solar Flare'. I'd never heard of that one before and thought mine was unique. Too bad. I was hoping to name it someday after my son. Here is a photo of it from last year. It's a bit larger now, but I don't have a recent photo. Almost every leaf is interrupted. I love it. So cheery! Its parents are Trinidad Interrupted Leaf and Yellow Iceton. You can see both parents easily.
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Hi Ana, That was just a name I came up with for a seedling I got from Jose at the auction at your place. I thought it was one of a kind and he had said it was up for naming. That was the best name I could come up with at the time. Your plant looks quite different and very special. You should definitely name it. Nobody else has "Solar Flare" yet because I have not had a chance to propagate it. I owe Keith one at some point, but won't propagate after that so everyone will have the one named after your son instead.
I am definitely open to having one in Vero in the future. Sounds like we have a good plan for Ana's place. Maybe next fall.It seems like we need a place for a croton meeting........ just saying.
Baby Moose is of course the seedling I got from Ron and named in his honor. It has become a really beautiful plant. I have only shared it with Marie so far.
I am definitely open to having one in Vero in the future. Sounds like we have a good plan for Ana's place. Maybe next fall.
Ana, I hope so. May not do too much buying but want to come and see everyone.Karl, that sounds great! I would love to see your place! Will you be coming this fall?
Need to be sure I get some of this back to its daddy when I get it propagated.
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