Croton is a woody tropical evergreen perennial with large, extremely colorful foliage that is commonly used as a houseplant.  The glossy oblong to sword-shaped foliage comes in a range of bold splotching or striped variegation and intense colors ranging from yellow, pink, orange, red, bronze, purple and green.   It rarely flowers as a houseplant, but if it does the creamy white spadix is enclosed by a pale green spathe in late summer or early fall.  Insignificant raceme of small white flowers bloom seasonally.  Has the best color with good indirect sun, good humidity, and consistently moist well-drained soils.

Also sold as 'Mammy' Croton