Issue 432
September 17, 2021
Tips for Petra Crotons
Petra Crotons are the signature fall shrub at Louisiana Nursery for their vibrant colors and low maintenance. Native to south-east Asia, Crotons prefer a stable temperature of around 85-90 degrees with 6-8 hours of sunlight. The amount of sunlight can vary between growers depending on the methodology: growers who introduce more light will produce crotons that can withstand more direct light when they hit maturity. The opposite is also true, and some crotons can even be grown in indirect light. No matter how you grow them, the goal is to show off those vibrant fall colors. This is why fertilizer is necessary as you’ll healthier. More colorful leaves. If you plan on repotting crotons and keeping them for more than a single season, definitely use well drained soil with at least some time-release fertilizer mixed in. Louisiana Nursery has its own brand of time-released fertilizer and potting soil mix.
- Written by Beau Mutrie
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Ornamental Grasses
In other parts of the country, you know it’s fall when the leaves start to change colors. Shades of red, yellow & orange – I’m transported back to the Midwest, where I grew up. While there are some trees in Southeast Louisiana that will give us some fall color, there’s something else that I always think about when I think of true fall weather. That is ornamental grasses. When nighttime temperatures begin to drop low enough, your ornamental grasses will start to turn BROWN. Regarding ornamental grasses turning brown, a professor once told me, “Don’t forget, brown is a color.”
- Written by John MacMillan
Ornamental Peppers
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- Written by Lynsey Walmsley
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