Sp _ Pack of 4 Garden croton Plant _00774

Name : Sp _ Pack of 4 Garden croton Plant _00774

Net Quantity (N) : 1

Product Breadth : 4 Inch

Product Height : 15 Inch

Product Length : 4 Inch

Type : Pothos

Crotons are woody, flowering, broadleaf evergreen shrubs in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) reaching heights of 8 feet in the narrow climate range of their native habitat, Malaysia, Pacific islands and northern Australia. It is more common to see these plants grown indoors where they can attain a height of 3 feet. While the wild type has green glossy leaves; whereas the cultivars, of which there are hundreds, are grown for their attractive, variegated foliage. The leaves of crotons may vary in size, shape or color depending on which cultivars are grown. The genus name comes from the Latinized version of the Ternate vernacular name, kodiho. The species epithet, variegatum, means variegated, in reference to the color of the foliage.

Crotons prefer full sun or partial shade and well-drained, humus-rich soil that is occasionally dry and low-to-medium relative humidity. Water them liberally from spring to autumn, sparingly in winter. Mist leaves regularly, daily if possible. They are easy to grow as an indoor houseplant or outdoor accent plant in winter hardy sites in USDA Zones 11 and 12. The plants need bright light for the best leaf with some direct sun, and may lose lower leaves in too much shade. To meet the plant's humidity requirements, consider standing the plant on bed of wet pebbles when indoors. Crotons do not require winter dormancy but appreciate a resting pe

Country of Origin : India