Croton Petra
3 Gallon
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- Bloom Time - Foliage Plant
- Exposure - Part Sun to Full Sun
- Water - Medium
- Height - 1 to 4 feet
- Spacing - 1.5 to 2 feet
- Hardiness - 32°F
- Hardiness Zones - USDA 9 (20°F) to USDA Zone 11 (40°F)
The Croton Petra is a beautiful accent to any room or patio area due to its fun, colorful foliage! This tropical, exotic plant will add a nice splash of color to your home décor, outdoor landscape, or patio.
The Croton Petra does best in partial to full sun exposure. Typically with Crotons, the more sun, the fuller the colors. For watering, water when the soil starts to feel dry to the touch. Hence, do not oversaturate. Given this plants tropical nature, it loves humidity so make sure you provide enough! Avoid dry air and drafts.
About Our Plants
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Our soil is custom blended and contains only the highest quality Canadian peat. We don’t try to cut cost with cheaper mixes. Additionally, all of our plants are grown with 100 to 180 day time release fertilizer so you won’t be running out of it just when the plants arrive. This is not the case with the quick release 30 day fertilizers that many other companies tend to use.
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We do approximately 90% of our own liners. Since the cost is relatively inexpensive, we put twice as many liners in each container for many of the varieties. Accordingly, this makes for a much fuller plant.
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All of our plants are given more than adequate spacing. For instance, most of the flowering bushes and trellis plants have 4 square feet of spacing. The Boston fern hanging baskets, for example, have 6 square feet. This allows our plants to grow as big and full as possible.