Croton Capitatus

Croton Capitatus Care

Croton Capitatus

What is the plant

Croton capitatus, known as the hogwort or woolly croton or goatweed, is an annual plant with erect, branched stems, densely covered with light brown, wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry, open areas, especially sandy and rocky soils. It is distributed across the southern United States, and elsewhere.

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Lighting

Part Sun

Difficulty

Easy

Invasive

Weed

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Provide bright light.
Pruning
Smaller, container-grown crotons only require bypass pruners, but larger plants with branches 1 1/2 inches in diameter require lopping shears. Cut all dead leaves and branches back to the point of origin on the parent branch or to the main stem. Repeat this process again the following year.
Fertilizer
Croton plants should only be pruned to remove unhealthy portions of the plant or to maintain a certain shape. Dead leaves or branches should be cut back to their origin, but overgrown leaves or branches can be trimmed just above a node or leaf set. Make sure not to remove more than ⅓ of the stem height at one time.

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Sunlight
Perform well in most types of soil.
Soil
The best fertilizer for crotons is a low-nitrogen, time-released, granular fertilizer, that has an 18-3-6 NPK ratio. You should sprinkle the fertilizer around the base of the plant in early spring just as the weather starts to warm up.
Temperature
Semi-shade – this plant needs a lot of sunlight, but it has to be protected from the strongest rays of the sun. In a south-facing window, blinds should be shading it form direct light.