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Excellent article about converting yard waste to landscape assets. I started doing this a few years ago because it makes my yard a lot more manageable. Fan shaped palm fronds lay flat if you remove the stem and clip the mid rib. Fifteen or twenty fronds will go a long way for weed supression...

Ray, Are you around this weekend? Toby

It looks a little like Tiger Eye only it has a lot more red. Why not call it Red Tiger?

It looks like Clipper.

I have always been of the opinion that crotons do very well in a hurricaine. Charley's eye passed 6 miles from the house, we had all sorts of damage. I lost one croton, a nice Playboy, but probably could have saved it if I had gotten back there in time. Crotons do so well this time of year...

Native plants will 'grow' on you. Some are quite nice. This year I added a live sand oak, a buttonwood hedge (florida keys style), more radiatas, coonties, mimosa, encyclia tampensis, and epidendrum. They all make a great backdrop for crotons, and they are easy.

I am afraid some are taking matters into their own hands. 50,000 pounds! http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/hillsborough/fertilizer-theft-prompts-bomb-fears-08092011

Very Pretty. It could be a nicely colored Clipper.

Will I get a cutting if I visit Mooseland?

A Thea would be a wonderful prize. I will add photos later this summer I promise. The new growth has been impressive to say the least, despite the massive swarms of mosquitos. But back to the topic...filmed in Kauai was a dead give-away. I couldn't beleive all the varieties of crotons I...