You can make cuttings all summer long if you want

Dalar, I agree w/Webkat..place in moist soil..set in medium light (no direct sun) and then add plastic atop plant or make something that helps w/humidity. Crotons are high-humidity loving plants. Sounds like your Croton was growing a seed..lucky you..Flowers and seed take nutrients from leaves..I believe a dose of fertilizer would help, and of course sunlight. Toni

Hi All, A gardener gave me some Crotons cutting, is there anyone that can tell how to root crotons. They are very beautiful and I don't want to lose them. I thank you for any help that you can give. Missg/Gale

I agree with Josh & SS. From the picture, we can see your plant has little in the way of energy reserves, if you cut off the plant's ability to make food (the leaves), where will the energy come from to both keep the plant's systems orderly AND pusdh a new flush of growth? Cutting it back now would be a really iffy proposition, and it's a certainty that the recovery would be VERY slow. Ideally, you would learn more about identifying what's limiting your plant and act on that information before you do anything rash. Cutting back a plant that's growing well and has high energy reserves carries little risk - especially if it's done during the longer days of summer. More info to help you avoid all of the most common problems associated with growing in containers at the link below. Al Here is a link that might be useful: I'll take you to some basic info if you click me.