I would say yes, based on the picture on page 107 in The Book. The splotching might be a determining factor, though. I don't know if AFD #7 gets those splotches or not. But the leaf shape, veining, and color look very similar.
So give up your source Scott
Thanks! Hitting Lowe's in St. Pete tomorrow!
AFD= Azienda Floreale Diem
Rich,
AFD was (is?) a nursery in Italy that hybridized crotons for the indoor foliage trade back in the 1970's including the main croton sold in the US today...
Some of their crotons include:
AFD 5
AFD 6
AFD 7
AFD 8
AFD 9
AFD 10
Excellent
Norma (Ernest de la Rue X Bravo)
Petra (Fournier X Norma)
Did they have AFD 1, AFD 2, 3, 4 ?? 0r did they start at #5
found the answer in the book. No 1-4s
My guess is that they had numbers 1-4 but they probably never made the cut and ended up in the compost pile...
Or maybe some of them did make the cut and received names, as in 'Norma' and 'Petra' and 'Excellent'....
As far as I know there are no cold hardy crotons, as in being able to withstand freezing temps for any period of time, though many can bounce back well from short term freezes from what I am hearing from the Florida folks...Is there any general reference lists the cold hardiness by cultivar for crotons? I've seen many such lists for palms - but I am quite certain that there are not nearly the number of hardy crotons as there are palms?
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