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Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society Press Release
Meeting May 26, 2014
Crotons for a South Florida Landscape
The Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society presents Ron Kiefert who will speak on Crotons for a South Florida Landscape on Monday, May 26th at 7:30 pm. The meeting will take place at FairchildTropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables, FL in the Corbin Building.
Ron will be talking about the origins of crotons (Codiaeum variegatum), container cultivation and landscaping with crotons. He will then give a pictorial display of some interesting cultivars. At the close of his presentation, Lamar Sapp will give a brief description of his fertilization regimen for crotons. Ron will bring a few crotons that will be available for sale at the close of the presentations.
Ron began his love of plants in 1972 when hired to work in a nursery weeding plants for a $1.00 an hour. He later started collecting and landscaping with palms. They were nice but all green – he needed some color. Like many of us he was late to appreciate crotons but now his collection includes nearly 300 cultivars and he is a passionate aficionado. Lamar, too, is an avid croton collector and grows about 500 cultivars.
There is no admission fee and the public is invited to attend this presentation. There will be plants donated by Redland Nursery (Ellis and Rusty Bown) and PCK Orchids (Peter Kouchalakos) for Raffle. Refreshments will be served. For more information please visit www.tfeps.org
Meeting May 26, 2014
Crotons for a South Florida Landscape
The Tropical Fern & Exotic Plant Society presents Ron Kiefert who will speak on Crotons for a South Florida Landscape on Monday, May 26th at 7:30 pm. The meeting will take place at FairchildTropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables, FL in the Corbin Building.
Ron will be talking about the origins of crotons (Codiaeum variegatum), container cultivation and landscaping with crotons. He will then give a pictorial display of some interesting cultivars. At the close of his presentation, Lamar Sapp will give a brief description of his fertilization regimen for crotons. Ron will bring a few crotons that will be available for sale at the close of the presentations.
Ron began his love of plants in 1972 when hired to work in a nursery weeding plants for a $1.00 an hour. He later started collecting and landscaping with palms. They were nice but all green – he needed some color. Like many of us he was late to appreciate crotons but now his collection includes nearly 300 cultivars and he is a passionate aficionado. Lamar, too, is an avid croton collector and grows about 500 cultivars.
There is no admission fee and the public is invited to attend this presentation. There will be plants donated by Redland Nursery (Ellis and Rusty Bown) and PCK Orchids (Peter Kouchalakos) for Raffle. Refreshments will be served. For more information please visit www.tfeps.org
- they were in big demand tonight.