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Anna, I would consider removing the ferns on the border and establishing a border with more substantial palms, maybe dwarf sugar palms or a combination of something similar. This may also lend as a wind barrier. From there decide if you want a winding path or straight line path. If it's...

I love the cycads. Lots to choose from and most can tolerate some frost. I also like the look of tree ferns in a shady garden. Another cold hardy beauty in the shade is Livistona Saribus, but it gets big and has lethal spikes. If you are looking for a striking view a cycad is a very good bet...

A few chambeyronia macrocarpas are always a nice look. How about a picture to help us visualize?

Thanks Anna. L to R: 1. group with Thomas Edison, Elenore Roosevelt, Joanne Roof 2. Mosaic 3. Madame Butterfly, T. Edison, J. Roof 4. M. Butterfly, T. Edison 5. No ID 6. Gonzales and Pitcairn 7. Rheedi 1. Geisha Girl 2. Col Gilbert Cutler, Norman Rockwell 3. Stoplight, P. Geduldig...

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Ron your plants look great. Very sexy! They are showing lots of reds, I wonder if it's a regional thing?

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The Nobliss is a beauty. It looks different than Nobilisima, or am I confused?

Della McGee?

There seem to be a lot more water spouts around Tampa bay but it could be just more cameras to document them now that everyone has one on their phone. Definately a very wet summer so far.

I think soil porosity does help a lot in addition to climate. Look at Hawaii for example, ground up lava rock and everything grows like mad, plants getting 2-3 times larger than in Florida. Sometimes in late summer Florida crotons look wilty from too much rain, especially when clay is present...

Great crotons. Love the Limelight. The last one looks like Bonita. Thanks for posting.

Over the years I've had about a half a dozen crotons decline, in an unexplainable, failure to thrive sort of way. I always thought it was due to prior cold damage, but nematodes is also a very good theory. Of these plants, only a couple have croaked, and the majority have pulled through. I...

I have been battling scale for about three years. For a year and a half I used Bayer 3in1 which would keep the crotons scale-free for about 2-3 months. They kept coming back so I sprayed the ground for ants as well as the 3in1. They still came back. I learned that the 3in1 was bad for bees...

It looks like it might be old enough to qualify as a "Grandfather" croton. Extra large leaves, prone to sport, very drought tolerant.

It's fun to have them in pots so you can move them around, experiment with location, trading, and gifts.

If its a single leader it's probably worth pinching. If its a good brancher, don't bother, IMO.

I understood it to be from well water.

I don't remember seeing crotons but I will never forget a giant plumeria the size of an oak tree in Mombasa. There was another variety of tree that stood alone and was enormous and completely dwarfed everything around. I would like to go back and take a closer look. Neat cycads too. Anna...