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I notified Lee, Connie & Bob, and asked Lee to notify Ron as well

I try to visit as many botanical gardens as possible, and I recently made an incredible discovery, well off the beaten path. Outside the tiny town of Williston (about 120 miles north of Tampa Bay), a dentist has created a botanical garden from an abandoned limestone quarry. Keep in mind, it can...

Croton sap is supposed to be mildly toxic...once when doing air layers, I used my thumbs to peel the bark off and got a reaction from the sap, which caused my nails to separate from the nail beds. Very painful! No telling what it would do to your lungs...

Years ago, I wrote this article for the Croton Society newsletter about horticultural use of peroxide: "USE PEROXIDE ON MY CROTONS? ARE YOU SERIOUS??? " By Perry Edge In a word, yes. It’s another common household item which can help make your crotons grow better. So how does it work? Without...

Here's my white A.R. Before it was correctly identified, wasn't it also known as "Bradenton Mystery," because it was discovered there ?

Good to know. I may post some my seedlings/mystery crotons there...no names yet, though

I also think that new plants deserve a place in the wiki, even if they are seedlings. We may need photo updates from time to time, since seedlings take some time (5-6 years?) to stabilize. Orange Crush definitely deserves a place in the spotlight. The process of determining whether a new plant...

oops, I ran out of room, so here's the rest:

Here"s some photos for the wiki (except for the weird one) Lillian Stoffregen, Delaware, Mrs. Iceton, Yellow Mrs. Iceton, Reliance, Philadelphia, Johanna Coppinger, Pride of Winter Haven (narrow leaf), Diane, Elaine, Robert Lavalois

I understand that they can be tricky to grow. A cutting I got from Johnny Shelton did OK for a while, then went into a decline, and eventually died. I never got a chance to put it into the ground. Ray got a roo0ted cutting from mine; perhaps he has had better luck with his. Bringing a plant from...

Forecast temp estimate here is 39 degrees tonight. May be slightly warmer because of my close proximity to the bay. But cold enough to move some baby seedlings, some rare varieties and newly potted plants into the garage under a grow light. I put them on top of a thick mover's blanket to keep...

Moose, the critical thing is to keep at least a 70 degree environment for cuttings to root. Absent having a heated greenhouse, using a soil heating coil or heating pad it one way to do it, as far as heating the bottom of the pots, and therefore the rooting medium is concerned. However, you also...

Good question!

Feast your eyes on the newest additions to the calendar page, the years 2004, 2005, 2006 http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/THE_CROTON_SOCIETY_CALENDAR_PAGE We are winding down on the project, with four more to be added in the near future to complete the entire published collection. Enjoy!

Here's an organic treatment which doesn't bring toxins into your space. It's slow acting , but it worked great for an infestation we had in the kitchen. I can't guarantee it will work for all species, but it is a simple recipe: add baking soda and fine (confectioner's) sugar in equal amounts and...

How could I forget about the arboretum; all of the palm collectors in our group (and there are many) might be interested in that as well. So many choices....so little time

If it comes to pass that there's a event next year in St. Pete, Phil and I were discussing the possibility of including a tour of Sunken Gardens and/or the Florida Botanical Garden in Largo. Sunken Gardens has an reasonable admission fee (seniors get a discount); the other garden is free...

I have bought some small and/or bad copies in the past, with the hope that I could get them to thrive and color up. In some cases, I was sucessful, but others I eventually tossed in the garbage can. I remember what Bob ALonzo said, that if you get a clone of a clone from yet another clone off a...

My daughter so enjoyed the tours and getting to meet some of the croton crew. Great event; how about 2 events next year? Phil says he is willing to host one.

A friend of mine would like to have a Robert Lavalois, but I just gave my last air layer away. If anyone has one you can spare, please bring it Saturday. Thanks