Colorful croton plant with red, orange, yellow, and green patterned leaves near a bright window

Croton Plant Care: Keep the Color and Stop Sudden Leaf Drop

Croton Plant Care: Keep the Color and Stop Sudden Leaf Drop If your croton is dropping leaves or losing that red, orange, and yellow glow she had at the store, you probably do not need more generic tropical plant advice. You need to know which problem you are actually looking at. That is where most croton articles fall short. They tell you to give bright light, even moisture, and humidity, which is true, but they do not help you sort out the real indoor-plant question: did she drop leaves because you watered wrong, because the room is too dim, because a cold draft hit her, because she hates being moved, or because spider mites showed up quietly under the leaves? ...

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