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Helen Edge can give you a lot of different looks...for years I drove by the "discovery" thinking it was a Petra, but one year it looked very different, so I collected it. The rest is history....

Nice...what's the second one, Van Houti?

Re: Zanzibar, I've been zapping mine since spring with the Miracle Grow azalea liquid fertilizer, used as a spray on the leaves. This gives them a tremendous shot of nitrogen (about 30%) and they love it. So I don't think nitrogen (at least in this form) is the problem.

Yes, mine has the pinkish/reddish petioles too. I bought it at a nursery years ago, and have only seen it once again, at a different nursery. Naturally, neither were labeled.

Speaking of Gen Paget, this is a sport from one. Has anybody seen this sport before, and if so, does it have an established name? Also, can anybody identify the other croton?

my entry, the Karen Edge ---credit Harold Lee

I've never seen a Krakatoa, but if it is a Helen Edge, I agree it really needs some sun. Having said that, I do have a small one that gets mostly shade and the color is much more vibrant. Perhaps because the only fertilizer I use these days is liquid azalea fertilizer as a foliar spray. It has...

Dr. Brown said that Mr. Bender had "the best collection of quality crotons anywhere." He will be missed.

Anna, if I recall correctly, you are in Sarasota? What you need for optimum growth is to do air layers at that time of year when the nightime temperature is consistently 70 degrees or warmer (usually in May; this current cool spell is atypical)

Those were great mangos...best I've ever tasted. What was the variety?

I may have one or two, rather small ones. Will check tomorrow and bring one if available. Also bringing a couple of Gonzalez, two Helen Edges and possibly a few others as well.

28th works for me if the whale is available...

in the Tampa Bay area, the USF sale is the 13th & 14th; Green Thumb Festival is the 27th & 28th, so how about 4/6 or 4/20? Either Coast...

Scott, Mark Peters has some; I bought one from him at a USF sale a while back. Mine's not as colorful (so far). You can reach him at 772-240-2811. His nursery is in Ft. Pierce.

I got a similar plant from a nursery which also had it labeled as Johannis. Dr. Brown's 1st book says that Johnannis has yellow highlights ,but all of the Johannis I've ever seen has the yellow turning into ivory. To me, this looks more like the South Pacific in Dr. Brown's 2nd book

I had something nibbling on the new growth on my crotons years ago; it was diagnosed as roof rats by an urban forester. It's hard to control rats; you could try snap traps first to see if you do have a rat problem at all; if so, you could also try baited traps; I got mine from the City oF St...

Great gathering, great lunch and so good to see old friends and make new ones. What awesome collections we saw! A big thanks to all who planned and participated. Let's do it again, maybe in the fall?

Does anybody who has had good luck with growing croton seedlings have a few tips you would like to share? Most of my attempts have had "failure to thrive" syndrome

Microsoft publisher, which is what the Society used and is the format that professional printers want. In my view (having worked with it for years) it is better than Word or other word processing programs, because it offers greater flexibility and is easier to work with re: graphics and other...

ALso, I don't see the red petioles in the Major Dade photos