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    Are these Tropical?

    They are also called voodoo lilies. They will fall over in late fall and die but being bulbs will come back in the spring. For a rather impressive display, see them at Leu gardens in Orlando which is worth visiting for multiple reasons throughout the year.
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    Holding out Hope

    it wasn't one night of cold. that probably would have been ok. the tampa bay area had 11 days where the temps were 11 to 20 degrees below normal. we normally are in the low 70s and the weather man said tonight that we will hit our second one for the month tomorrow. we have been on a roller...
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    Anyone want cuttings?

    I know how tempting it is to pick up a pair of pruners and whack everything back but please, please resist that temptation. Cutting too soon will spur those puppies to put all their remaining energy into new growth and another cold spell will TOTALLY kill those plants instead of just dropping...
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    Reliance

    i have some great pics of reliance under different growing conditions, can someone please tell me how to attach a pic? i know the instructions are here somewhere but i can't find them.
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    Pinocchio

    location is everything. we have a very nice hedge of them about 4.5 ft tall, lots of sun and the leaves don't get bigger than 4".
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    Questions From A Newbie

    We just planted a croton collection at FL Botanical Gardens in Largo. Here is what we did. All our plants are little (under 3 ft) so we did not put in anything underneath. We also chose to put them in as single plants with a reserve in the shadehouse. We chose singles as the ones that were...
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    Airlayers and Cuttings....what's got roots?

    Florida Botanical Gardens was astounded with our success rate of 100% at air layering crotons. We did Buddy, Lord Belhaven, Queen of Siam, Andreanum, Bravo, and a couple others. We were very happy since this was the first time we had even tried air layering anything. That is a much better...
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    Cultivar :Banana"

    wow! thanks for the info. the fl. botanical gardens has a croton listed in our catalog and we couldn't figure out what it was. we definitely have bananas. so do you know what smipes is? that is the other mystery label we can't hook up with a plant. we have an oak leaf very similar to...
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    Tall Crotons - the best for last

    do you have a closeup of the leaves? this is an oak leaf, isn't it? does it have pink and white spots/sploches with the leaves being about 7 or 8 inches long or does it have only white spots with slightly smaller leaves.
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    Codiaeum lover from Europe

    How about naming the ones you do know, please, so us newbies can start memorizing what they look like under different light conditions. The only one i new for certain is the one he described as having wavy edges and that is a piecrust. I liked the pictures!
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    Croton "Miami"

    thanks for posting 2 versions. i have just installed a croton collection at the florida botanical gardens in largo, fl. mr. lee advised us to give our original collection which was under deep shade a major haircut. what a difference that has made 18 mos. later. we are truly grateful to phil...
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