Croton Plant | Codiaeum Variegatum | Gold Dust Plant | Aucuba Japonica

Croton Plant, also known as the Variegated Laurel Plant is one of the most beautiful houseplants that you can grow in your home. Grown outside in its native land, Croton Plant is one of the best office desk plants that can bring life to any corner with its bright and colorful foliages. Your Variegated Laurel Plant are low-maintenance indoor plants.

General

They are a native plant of Srilanka and Southeast Asia.

Your Croton Plant was used in ancient medicines for curing inflammation, pain, insomnia, hypertension, blood pressure, and many others.

Croton Plant can effectively remove VOCs and Carbon Dioxide from the air to make your home's air clean.

They can grow up to 3 feet when grown indoors.

Sunlight

Your plant will thrive best in bright indirect sunlight. They can tolerate shades as well, but their beautiful marking over the foliages may start to fade away in that case.

The temperature should not go below 5C for your Croton plant or the plant growth may start to decline as well. Hence, you must keep your Variegated Laurel Plant indoors during the winter season.

Watering

Your Variegated Laurel Plant requires to stay in semi-moist soil for proper growth. However, make sure that you are not overwatering or underwatering your plant as both of them are harmful to them.

You must water your Croton Plant atleast 4-5 times every week during the summer season and twice every week during the winter season.

Croton Plant is a high-humidity-loving plant and hence, you should consider keeping them in your bathroom or kitchen areas. You can also keep them around other plants to maintain the humidity

Soil

Cryptanthus grows well in soil with a good drainage system. You can create the perfect potting mix for your Cryptanthus by adding regular potting soil with leaf or peat moss in equal amounts as well.

Fertilizer

Your Variegated Laurel Plant is a fast-growing indoor plant and thus, does not require any fertilizer to thrive. However, you can conder using any granular or slow-releasing fertilizer with a low nitrogen count to your plants.

You should fertilize your plant once every month during summers.

However, during the winters, you must withhold any fertilizer use as it is the natural resting period for your plants.

Toxicity

Your Croton Plant is considered to be mildly toxic to humans and pets. The sap of the plant can irritate the skin if touched. If it is ingested, it can cause symptoms like Headache and Indigestion.

Additional Care

Your Croton Kola Plant is a fast-growing plant and thus, requires trimming. You can trim your plant once every two months to promote more organized and beautiful foliage growth.

Make sure that you clean your Croton Plant every week with a clean cloth to remove dust and debris from the leaves of the plant to promote faster growth of your plant.

Troubleshooting

Croton Plant Leaves turning Brown: It is caused due to excessive dry situations- Keep your Brahmi Plant in your bathroom or kitchen areas to improve humidity. You can also keep it around other plants as well.