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The cordyline with the icicle is pretty dramatic, you really did get cold. I don't think I have ever seen that before. I hope most of your plants pull through. I definitely had some plants that looked like your Brugmansia, but thank goodness no icicles. I think well established crotons can...

We stayed at 34 here in Vero, but the wind chill was brutal. That was about the same as the temperature that beat up most of my other plants. Apparently when Global Warming melted the glaciers they washed up off the coast of Florida. I moved away from New England so I did not have to deal with...

Now they are saying we could have some of the coldest temperatures of the winter going down into the 30s so I may be covering things tomorrow as well. Keep your eyes open for the next croton auction, always a great place to stock up on crotons. I believe someone was going to do one this spring...

I have had luck with old sheets and towels. Ideally you want them to be above the leaves if you can drape them over some posts or stakes. After several days of warmer temperatures I am starting to see the damage from the temps dropping into the 30s. All of my coleus, which I use as filler...

I have always let the irrigation run normally all winter. It seems like we have not had the usual dry season, so I am worried that I may be over-watering as the soil does seem very wet. Most of the plants don't seem to be affected negatively. Probably not good to be providing so much water...

Thanks, I have been really building up the croton collection the last few years working toward getting to 300 varieties. We got down into the low 30s, but luckily stayed above freezing in Vero Beach. The tender plants got zapped, but hopefully everything will pull through. We are supposed to get...

I forgot to add these. These are two very similar plants I got from Randy. One was labeled as Confetti, but Randy thought the other might be called Pink Dots or Pink Spots (can't remember). They are both very pretty plants and different from anything else I had. This is a closer few of...

Here are a few more. Bob Sabourne Hybrid with new growth that looks brighter than in the photo. Pink Lei darkening with the cold weather. Searle #3 has gone from shades of orange to pink. Doesn't even look like the same plant. A seedling I got from Jose at Ana's auction is filling in...

An unknown I got from David a year or so ago. Keeps getting better all the time. Not positive if it was a cutting or seedling. A seedling I got from Ron at his auction continues to get better with age. Large enough to take cuttings so maybe this spring I will share. I have named it Baby Moose...

Had to run out and get a new photo of "Christmas" for the big day. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

Wow Mike, these are some spectacular crotons. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Rick, something with the formatting changed in the last year or so and posting can be a bit more tricky. I had the same problem for a while and had to crop the photos to get them not to rotate. The last few times I have not had that problem, so it seems to work normally for me now. I don't...

Judy, I have been thinking about you since Irma and hoping your gardens are on the mend. I remember you posting a while back that you may have lost most of your crotons down in keys and was keeping my fingers crossed that they might have pulled through. I did not realize it had been so dry on...

Looking good Lamar. It seems that up in Vero we have been getting too much rain rather than not enough. The dry season has yet to start so the saturated soil from Irma has not had a chance to really dry out. We are supposed to get down into the upper 30s tonight, which will be the coldest it has...

This makes sense. Sounds like the wiki might need to have 2 Coral Showers. The description on the wiki for Coral Shower talking about it being a Coppinger hybrid I assume would go with Bob's photo and the photos on the wiki would go with Coral Showers (Fascell) which is obviously what I have and...

I got mine at Ana's auction last year and it was pretty small. It is starting to settle in and put on growth. The habit is the same as the photos but the colors are not quite the same, which is often the case because of lighting but it definitely has spiral leaves. I will take a picture when I...

My Halloween is not nearly as colorful as Ana's but they look quite different from the photo above. I also have Coral Showers and it does not look anything like the photo of Bob Alonzo's plant, mine looks more similar to the photos in the wiki. His looks much more interesting than either...

I still think about all of the people down in the keys and what they had to deal with. I hope that Judy and Tim are seeing some of their plants recover from Irma. Hope your new plants settle in and start to color up the landscape. If we can just avoid hurricanes for the next decade or so I will...

The photos still look great. Glad you found a way to post.

Wishing all the Crotonheads a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. You all help keep my passion for crotons growing. Without the generosity of people like David and Randy who made it possible for me to afford to get close to 300 different cultivars in my collection and beautiful...