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Ray, I used pine straw on my mimosa bed, it worked great. I remember you citing a source several months ago but I can't remember the details. I think I paid $3 a bundle.

First picture is great! Get on it!

Partial shade or morning light. Humidity is good, dry winds are bad. The smaller leaves should get bigger unless growing conditions are poor.

White fly hammered Pine Island this year. Mostly on coconuts, gumbo limbo, and spilling over to avocados and other palms. Crotons have only minor egg spirals here and there.

I bought a plant at J. Durko's labeled Rapheal and it ended up the same as you have, a Claude Louraine. It's a very good grower, with lighter pinks than Rapheal. Rapheal is harder to find, but truly one of the nicest crotons. The first photo looks like Rapheal.

#3.1 Ethel Craig looking excellent. Lots of other nice ones too.

The only drawback to a northern exposure is dry north winds from cold fronts. Crotons that are irrigated will handle it better. Wind barriers help a lot.

Compost and oak leaves are a great. I believe they are a smaller part of a bigger principle, which is heavy mulching. If I had to choose between fertilizer, irrigation, and heavy mulching, I would choose the latter. I spread oak leaves any chance I get and they eventually rot in place. Come...

Your crotons look great. Minimal, selective cut-back only, IMO.

Irrigation is a must. I can't believe I went for so many years without.

Nice plants, thanks for posting.

Pretty Crotons. Looks like Ft. Pierce.

Love the Flamingo. Thanks for posting.

Yeah where's the names???

Moose how about some names for all of these posts?

Lately I've noticed bees and wasps feeding on my crotons. Not sure if it's mealy bugs or scales. For this reason I'm going to lay off the 3in1, b/c 3in1 unfortunately kills bees. My plan is to switch to soaps and oils and to spray them more frequently.

Is frame #20 Fathers Day? Also #17, Confetti, and ???

Ray, I've been sleeping easy ever since I installed a Glock Special (irrigation, that is). Are you on reclaimed water over there?

Very nice pictures, thanks for posting. Can you tell me what variety of bamboo is in the very first picture??

I was there an hour ago. It's packed and ready.