First Croton ?

[Moose]

What was the very first croton you ever got for your garden?

 

[fawnridge]

Three 3-gallon Mammay from Home Depot. Almost 13 years ago and they're still alive.

 

[junglegal]

Petra from one of the box stores

 

[Jeff Searle]

Probably mammy's among some others. Ugh! Did I just say that?

 

[ScotTi]

A Norma and a Petra in the Summer of 97 when I moved here. Added Batik,Mammy,Red Banana somewhere between 1998- 2008.Did not know or care for the names of them untill last Fall. I became interested in Crotons in the Summer of 09, thats when I saw Stoplight,Magnificent and Mrs Iceton in the box store and purchased them. Boy was life simple before last Fall.

 

[Crazy for Crotons]

two Petra planted in 1997.

 

[Phil Stager]

Aueromaculatum some 20 years ago. The one Petra I got in Cleveland some 25 years ago at Christmas time was lucky to make it two weeks in that dry heated indoor environment.

 

[Moose]

My first were Thanksgiving and Norma purchased on the same day.

Not knowing what I was doing, I lucked into the Norma which has become uncommon.

 

[pocomo]

There were so many around but my first included,, Prince of Orange, C&B, Franklin Roosevelt, and a few I don't have any idea what they were. All from Henry Coppinger.

 

[keith]

Both Roosevelts and a Stoplight

 

[palmisland]

An 8 foot Thanksgiving hedge


Randy

 

[Crotonologist]

My first croton was acquired about 35 years ago when I first learned how to make airlayers - one of the plants I practiced on was a nice big Picturatum according to the photos in the wiki...
http://www.palmpedia.net/wiki/index.php/PICTURATUM
It was my favorite plant of the various airlayers I made, and the only one that I kept for a few years - it made a nice specimen in a big clay pot, but I but don't remember what became of it...
I have some small plants right now that I believe are from the same bush, from cuttings taken late last year.