Trouble in Moose Land!

[Moose]

Today a front moved in. Large palm fronds on the ground every where. Broken mango and avacado branches on the gound. Fruiting AeAe banana laying prone on the ground. Crotons were crushed. The Moose is not happy!

How did the rest of you make out?

Ron.

 

[Central Floridave]

I got 3/4 inch of needed rain!

Sorry about your damage. You are lucky, plants grow back.

 

[ScotTi]

I got .58" of rain. No damage here in Scott Land.

 

[Moose]

Moose more happy now. After cleaning up, I decided to get some more crotons in the ground. They are:

Recurvifolium
Fiesta
Leota
King of Siam
Major Dade
Chrysophylum
Charmer
Mona Lisa
Madame Fernand Kohl

 

[Moose]

Recurvifolium. This unusual croton has a recurved leaves. Only Rams Horn & Revolutions share this leaf characteristic.

 

[Moose]

Fiesta

 

[Crazy for Crotons]

Dormannianum is small recurved leaf also Ron. Picture a nicely splotched Ethel Craig leaf that is recurved.

 

[Moose]

King of Siam:

 

[Moose]

Captain Gilbert Cutler:

 

[Moose]

Sorry, posted Captain Gilbert Cutler pictures that were suposed to be in another thread.

Here is Major Dade:

 

[Moose]

Chrysophyllum: This cultivar has proved to be difficult for me. Although a green and yellow croton, I found that it really prefers considerable shade. It was moved around in its container multiple times until it appeared to be happy in this location.

 

[Moose]

Here is the Charmer. I took a cutting before it was planted and rooted it. If you won the single rooted cutting of Charmer at the Garden Tour Auction May 14th, this was the source plant.

 

[Moose]

Mona Lisa: This has been less than stellar performing cultivar for me. Does anyone have any advice on growing Mona Lisa? It has dropped some leaves recently and seems slow. Hopefully the leaf drop was the result of cats slinking around.

 

[Phil Stager]

It is slow, slow, slow. The only large ones I ever saw were at Bob Alonzo' old place and in Jesse Durko's garden.

 

[Moose]

Madam Fernand Kohl: At least this cultivar is a bit quicker.

 

[Moose]

Leota: This cultivar does not have extemely large leaves like many others. It will have brillant red-orange and orange hues later on in the season. Planted under a Coccothrinax spissa palm, it is receiving perfect shading. As both mature, Leota will be exposed to more sun and will add a wonderful splash of color, enhansing the palm. This croton was the perfect addition for the aspect I wanted to achieve in this area.

 

[Moose]

Madam Fernand Kohl: At least this cultivar is a bit quicker.

Updated photo from last night ...