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I'm OK with any date and would love to see Anna's garden

Right mow, my back yard is entirely underwater. We've had insane amounts of rain daily for many days, and now the concern is how long can the plant roots survive in an "aquatic" setting?

My brother-in-law has a collection and his home fronts a large lake in Odessa, north of Tampa. He's had some pretty cold winters and his plants have done OK. Being on the water maybe mitigates the cold, but then his house faces north, so he gets the full force of the a cold front's winds coming...

This reminds me of the tropical collection in the Conservatory of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. It was so cool to suddenly be in a place where so many familiar plants could be seen.

Well, if I educated just one person, I consider my post to be a success. So...success!

Both the mailman and myself got a big shock one day when we walked right past a big swarm of bees on the sidewalk leading up to my house! I've had my share of critters in my yard over the years, but nothing like this! Luckily, my Dad had bees and I remembered that bees in a swarm are not usually...

Nature has a lot of secrets in the world of plants, and trying to figure out why she allows this but not that is a good way to get a headache. Here's another mystery: why can some plants be fully propagated just by a leaf, such as African violets, begonias and some succulents? If only it were...

Nice plants! We too are finally getting lots of rain after a very prolonged drought in St Pete. So far, 10", with more to come. What's the #6 croton shown after the fishbone?

It looks a little like a Reliance, but the crinkled leaf edge isn't compatible with that variety...

I'll take a stab at the ones I'm pretty familiar with. (Croton ID is not one of my strong points) #1 /3 looks like Eleanor Roosevelt. #4 the Croton on the right looks like Three Toes. # 7 looks like Andreanum. #8: Fishbone. #9 Johanna Coppinger . We need more people to join in, please

Karl, to get rid of an armadillo, you have to think like an armadillo

Here's the link: http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/The_Codiaeum_Connection

Marie, I thought you might be interested in another member's experience as documented in the November 2009 Society newsletter:

Just because the leaves withered away doesn't mean that the sticks are dead. To test this, scrape a little bark away near the cut and see if there's a layer of green underneath the bark. If there is, the stick is "alive" and can still be propagated, under proper conditions. This is because most...

According to research I did when writing an article for the Society newsletter about rooting crotons in water, a single leaf will grow roots, but it never develops a torso with new leaves, so it's a dead end. (A portion of a leaf can be used for tissue culture, which will propagate new plants...

Unfortunately, I'm no longer propagating...nothing to spare. We plan to sell our home later this year, and there goes the collection. Sorry!

You can do the rounds of the local nurseries and occasionally you get lucky. I know of one nursery which has quite a number of Crotons and isn't too far over the Skyway into St. Pete. It is Jansen's Nursery, and you should call ahead to make an appointment, 727-867-6063 I found that in auctions...

I agree. I've always thought my Grandma looked like a McArthur

we had to evacuate to my sister's place in Odessa, then she lost power and I had a bad fall in the dark but am OK now. At our house, we moved back in after we got power back on Saturday. A large cedar branch fell across our power and cable line but after removal everything is OK. A Wilma got...

I'd be glad to host a Spring event, provided the home is not yet up for sale.