Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Wow...two crotons/one plant, 1 by AlohaHoya

AlohaHoya wrote:
Today we attacked a stand of crotons that had just grown too large and one 'pattern' had outgrown and overtaken all of the others. One plant, sent to me by a good friend in Fl. years ago was a creamy white and green...and a slow grower. Once all of the other crotons were taken down and the ones I really wanted to keep were standing tall and skinny... I noticed:

One branch of the creamy/white and green plant was growing leaves almost black with yellow and orange spots. Huh? I have taken the photo trying to show both leaves and the 'crotch' where they are all growing from...this is one plant!!! The dark 'does not belong here' leaf I am holding top left.

Edited to ask.... 'is this usual' or common or... ?????

This message was edited Feb 16, 2009 7:34 PM