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In tropical climates, crotons make attractive hedges and potted patio specimens, valued for their striking foliage. They only survive outdoors where temperatures do not normally drop below 10 to 13 °C (50 to 55 °F) in winter; colder temperatures can cause leaf loss. [3] In colder climates, the plants are grown in greenhouses or as house plants.
Croton monanthogynus is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family. The undersides are gray. It is a summer annual [1] that produces small, inconspicuous flowers. The plant is monoecious and has both male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant. Its leaves are alternate.
Texabama croton is valued as an ornamental plant for its attractive, spicily aromatic foliage and propensity to form airy thickets when grown in shade. If cultivated in full sun with irrigation, plants will grow into dense shrubs. Plants can be propagated from stratified seed and softwood cuttings. [15]
Croton is an extensive plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. The plants of this genus were described and introduced to Europeans by Georg Eberhard Rumphius . The common names for this genus are rushfoil and croton , but the latter also refers to Codiaeum variegatum .
Croton hancei, a species of Croton endemic to Hong Kong; Caperonia, a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly known as "false croton" Codiaeum variegatum, an ornamental plant in the genus Codiaeum, formerly classified in the genus Croton, and commonly called "croton" German cockroach (Blattella germanica), known as the Croton bug
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A fast-growing tree, croton grows up to 36 meters high and reaches maturity after five to seven years. Croton is commonly found in forests and on rural farms as a boundary tree. It is a drought-resistant tree that can survive in harsh climatic conditions and is not browsed by animals. It is a dominant upper canopy tree with a flat crown.
Croton gratissimus (commonly known as lavender croton or lavender fever berry [2]), is a tropical African shrub or small tree with corky bark, growing to 8 m and belonging to the family of Euphorbiaceae or spurges. Young twigs are slender and angular and covered in silver and rust-coloured scales.