Your Guide to House Plants and Indoor Plant Care...
Our goal is to help you learn more about house plants care, avoid mistakes, introduce new plant varieties and help you enjoy plants indoors and outside more. We'll also share the benefits of indoor plants along the way like their ability to clean the air.
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Live a Colorful Life All Year Round with Croton Mamey
The photo at the left is Croton Mamey, also known as Curly Boy. It is one of the most colorful plants because of its spiral or twisted leaves that come in a range of strong multi-colors. Each corkscrew leaf is long and has a leathery texture. The varieties of colors include a perfect combination of reds, greens, yellows, purples, and some colored spots.
Croton mamey is not just a desirable croton but also a multi-purpose croton variety. It can be used indoors and outdoors. Indoors, Croton mamey is a beautiful house plant and an ideal container plant. Various landscapes have become great homes to many Croton mamey plants. Those that are born with short heights are perfect ground covers. Some Croton mamey plants that are maintained at taller heights are very good in providing outdoor shade in addition to providing a brilliant splash of color all year round. Wherever you put Croton mamey – be it in shade or in under bright light – it can definitely add a brighter and happier ambiance to the spot.
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