Croton leaves look beautiful when seen close

I don't have crotons but I've wanted to get some to put in. I've seen them arranged in such beautiful patterns with reds and orange ones. I've seen the green as well but not as much in this area. Most seem to like the red, orange or yellow ones. Many subdivisions here in Florida have them arranged outside to decorate the area. They do come up with some excellent arrangments. Once it comes time for planting again I'm going to look into some.

My garden is a very typical, old English country garden. I don't like regimented rows of flowers, or "features" that make it look like somethig out of "Home and Garden" magazine. I have loads of smaller flowers that are allowed to grow pretty much "wild". Bluebells, primroses, violets, cowslips and forget-me-nots, all just growing in the shade under the trees, not in rows at all. I have 3 lilac trees, as they are my very favourite. The biggest was planted in memory of my Mother when she passed away - it was her favourite tree too! I have loads of roses too, as they grow so easily in our damp soil here. As you probably know I am a "cat" person, and every time one of my "babies" has died, they have been buried in my garden with a rose tree plated over them to mark the spot. As you can tell, I love my garden very much. Thanks for starting this topic and letting me ramble on about them!

i love crotons!..you're right, they are all so beautiful, and no two are exactly ever alike! i have many gardens...one is full of all different kinds of roses, one has a ton of iris, one has a cascading wall of periwinkle, one garden is for my vegetables in the summer, and the other has bleeding hearts, and this year i hope to add some hostas to it..then there's my inside jungle...lol...i love surrounding myself with as many plants as possible!..they are all so beautiful and unique and they all give me great joy!

This time or year, our gardens are nothing, here in Kansas. I will admit to some nice shrubs, some of which have bright berries for the birds. Some of them keep their leaves all season long. Where I live, croton is a houseplant, and it is one I often let die. I hate to admit that. They are very beautiful, and I have a pot of them right now. If I can keep it til spring, it will be a good summer outdoor plant.

My husband loves crotons but it's hard to grow them where we are. We have a few fruit trees, small bushes and some flowers in our garden. But we haven't been spending a lot of time on it so it's not doing so well. Plus, we get a lot of pests and it has been hard to keep them away even with pesticides and all.

had never seen them so i can't explain about them

Yeah, I do agree with you

Thanks for the information, I was not knowing this, will see it .

Our garden is beautifully landscaped, 10 years ago. Now it looks like a jungle. A miniature one. We do not have grass but this yellow flowers that bloom only in the mornings. No idea what they're called. We have a willow tree and wrapped around it are ferns and we have a lot of orchids. I don't know what a croton plant is. Don't think we get it here:/

i have never seen a croton leaf yet. in fact i an hearing about it for the first time in my leaf.