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I'm so upset - we planned to go as we do every year. Had to move heaven & earth for husband and me to get the time off work. So we got down to Naples yesterday afternoon, and.... I broke a toe. Splinted the stupid thing and decided we'd go anyway, and first thing this morning, about 6 AM...

Wow. just. wow. Phil your garden is amazing - beautiful crotons and palms, looks like heaven. I have really missed this forum - so nice to be back and see what everyone's planting.

I just saw this thread. I agree on the 2nd one - it's Gloriosa.

Terrific sale - we had a great time, and it was so nice to see everyone again, especially since we can't make it down to S. FL very often anymore. And I always love looking around the shadehouse at all the beautiful palms. We picked up a couple of Dreer #7 (current favorite), a Compte de...

Hi Anna, Nice meeting you at the 'Ganza. If you have nowhere to bring the pots indoors - in case of cold, I would plant them, especially under canopy. Mulch is very important, as Phil mentioned - it can keep soil temps warm in cold wx. If you have a few favorites, you can keep those...

Hi All, We're hoping to be among those camped out at 7:30. Somehow we were both able to get the time off from work so we could be there. I've got my hopes up for a Dreer #7, if the croton angels are smiling on us. And, of course, a few other things. :)

Ray, that's impressive! Glad your Glen Roof survived - last year was nasty. My Glen Roofs spent the cold snap indoors - didn't want to take any chances. I love these crotons - I got two of them at Jeff's sale, think it was year-before-last. I just can't understand why you hardly ever see...

Dear Santa-croton, My wish is for Exotica. Exotica Exotica Exotica And a nice big sunroom to keep ALL my crotons in when our weather does what it's been doing lately, so I don't have inaccessible rooms stuffed with all the botanical buddies. and the lizards n' froggies that come in...

Me neither. I spent too much at that large sale last weekend :D I've got to get a contractor and put up one of those bird-cage patio cover things. I'm sick of lubbers eating the potted palms & cordies to death.

Oops! I may be one of those. I love a wild profusion of color, and the brighter the crotons, the better - bring 'em on :D The crotons I especially love are those with brilliant reds and yellows. Gloriosa & Royal Flush are real favorites. But I have the same problem - not much canopy. Ray...

Hi everyone! Sorry I haven't around lately - but we did make it to the sale. Jeff, thank you for a great time, as always - and all these incredible crotons which we could barely fit in my lil car. Also thanks to Ryan, Ray, and to Jim & Judy (if they're lurking) for being onsite helping...

I think this is a great idea, what with "new" names being tacked onto cultivars with established names! Even worse is when the "new" name is actually the name of totally different cultivar. Case in point, a local nursery that's been selling Eleanor Roosevelt as Sloppy Painter. Or the local...

Yes! That's just amazing, isn't it - and last night they said the city of Conception moved west 10 feet! Btw, I just noticed my original post said floods in Central FL. I think I meant Central America. Sheesh! (shouldn't post while on painkillers, grr)

Those are gorgeous photos! It's great that you kept it indoors - we kept our favorites indoors during each cold spell also, and didn't experience the usual color loss that we did last winter. Crotons. do. not. like. cold.

I won't be beating anyone to the crotons this year. I'll be hangin' out while the hubby shops till he drops.... and that's if we're lucky enough to go! So you all can have dibs on the Pops Yard.... this time.... But just wait till October. I'll be back to my evil croton-manic ways hehe :D

I can tell you that overall, St. Pete (dunno about Sebring) is much warmer than it used to be. Yes - the duration of this cold spell was way longer - we even had a real "winter" instead of a couple of arctic nights, but..... Back in the 60's, there was one night it got down to 17F.... in one...

There's a patio under all that??:eek: Geez you all have had so much snow this winter, I can't believe all the stories I'm hearing. Never has it been that bad up there. Scott, I don't think our outdoor crotons are going to make it through this. Just too cold for too long. We lost our...

As are mine, Ron, as are mine... Temps to return to the 30s tonight, no end of these chilly days and cold nights. :mad: :confused: :mad: The crotons are indoors, along with potted palmies, special bougies and my favorite cordies. Can't even get into the bedroom with all the plants in...

The photos are wonderful - I keep coming back to them and ogling all that incredible croton gorgeousness.

I'm glad to hear they'll make a comeback - I remember how beautiful your place is and hope that you got thru this horrid winter all right. I think another type of croton that's extra sensitive to cold is the thin-leaved varieties, like Gold Dust. (I mean leaves that feel less thick to the...