The Deerfield Beach Arboretum Croton Program

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

The Arboretum is resuming our horticultural programs after our summer hiatus. The first program will be Mark Peters speaking on crotons.

Thursday, Sep 10th at 7pm. We will have a door prize and refreshments. Come on out and support the Arboretum!

Mark will also talk about the establishment of a curated Croton Garden at the Arboretum, where we will have varieties properly displayed with aluminum plaques naming them.

 

[Jeff Searle]

Jerry,

That's good news! Just in case some of us can't make the meeting, will you be able to take a few pictures and start a thread of that evening's meeting?

Jeff

 

[Phil Stager]

Jerry -
A big request: spare us the political and racist crap please and let's stick to something we all have in common - crotons.


Phil

 

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Jerry -
A big request: spare us the political and racist crap please and let's stick to something we all have in common - crotons.


Phil

Ummmmm......OK?

 

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Testing Testing 123

 

[fawnridge]

Jerry - I've put it on my calendar and will be certain to bring a camera.

 

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

That's grrrrrrrreat Ricky!

I think it will be a fun night and a great kick-off for the garden.

Geraldo

 

[fawnridge]

Nice presentation on both the need for a formal Croton garden and the history and propagation of Crotons.
Click on the photo for more photos:

 

[Jeff Searle]

Ricky,

Thanks for the great pictures. I hope it was a nice meeting for all.


Jeff

 

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Ricky,

Thanks for coming and also the offer for help, Lord knows we will need it! Mary Hillman, our "official" photograper will get some more photos for us.

Jerry

 

[Moose]

Gosh Darn it! I am sorry I missed this one.

 

[fawnridge]

Moose - Don't miss the Croton Society meeting here in Boca Raton. See the thread below!

 

[Moose]

Jerry - what is the status of the Croton Program? I would definitely be willing to help with the planting efforts. The rainy season is almost done, spring is the time to get the collection going in my opinion.

Ron.

 

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

It is still plenty hot but we have to do some organizational work as well as clearing out a huge bed of Jasmine volubile. If you are going to Fawnridge's, we will talk more about it.

 

[Moose]

Jerry - I am sure that the Croton program got put on hold after the garden had to deal with the last two cold seasons. Is this program still on the back burner? I would be happy to establish a bunch of air layers next Spring for a donation. Does the garden have the funds for planting soil and Merit to prevent croton scale invasion?