Canadian croton, eh.

I just got back from a family vacation to Niagara Falls, eh. Surprisingly saw a bunch of tropicals, eh. Here is the croton collection I saw, eh.

 

var. Plastica, eh?

 

Congratulations Dave, you just created our 1,000th thread in our young forum!

Interesting find in Canada, eh ! LOL

 

Dave, please tell me they're not all plastic! The rightmost photo of your first post is the somewhat rare Van Houtii.

 

Ray, if you're sure about the ID we need one for the wiki...

 

Peyton,

I'm, 99% certain. I'd use it in the Wiki database.

 

Concur with Ray on the vanHouttii; looks a lot like the smaller ones in the yard (see separate thread on how to save a plant when it gets whomped by palm frond)

 

Only the last one is plastic.

I talked to the curator of the tropical collection at the Niagara Falls Botanical garden and asked him where he got the croton. He said they are all historical and were there when he started ten years ago. He keeps them alive. In the winter he moves them into another green house that stays warmer. He said the deep of winter the greenhouse gets into the 50's. I told him my croton go down to 29 degrees and he found that interesting. The botanical garden had a ton of gems in it other than croton. It was amazing what they collect so far North.

If you are interested, here are more photos of our family vacation:

http://www.2ndlight.com/fusetalk/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=126132&STARTPAGE=1&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

 

Dave,

I checked out your family vacation pictures. I enjoyed them, looks like you had an awesome trip! Thanks,
Jeff