I was up on the ladder hanging fans, This croton looked too good to be true, this was a trade plant years ago, I know @ScotTi ID'd it for me but I forgot.

Gina, do any of these names sound familiar?
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum var. variegatum 'Goldfinger')
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'King of Siam')
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum var. variegatum 'Punctatum Aureum')
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Sloppy Painter')

Lin I think its 'Sloppy Painter' .
When I had a plant trade at my greenhouse in,I guess about 1997? Maybe the last trade I hosted, This was an extremely popular croton.

I usually go for the bright, colorful Crotons but that one is really pretty!

It is one of the only ones I have kept. This one, and a yellow slashed one. Both seem uncommon to me

One of my favorite yellows was Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Aureo Maculatum') that we had at our house back in Daytona Beach ... I took cuttings and rooted them but the pots were sitting on the side of the house with a few other plants that we forgot.

Do they branch naturally like that?

yes

Maybe mine will get the hint when it gets older. Can you prune the tips or is that not recommended?

I have to prune these on a regular basis or this plant just takes over me 'rainforest' canopy. I put the pruning outside to root, Some ave down quite well

I wanted to cut mine back come Spring and wasn't sure I could.

Gina1960 said:I was up on the ladder hanging fans, This croton looked too good to be true, this was a trade plant years ago, I know @ScotTi ID'd it for me but I forgot.

I use the 'Eleanor Roosevelt' name, but it is also known as 'Sloppy Painter'.

I have pruned this one and some others I have in the GH many times when they grow out of their space limits. The cuttings are easy to root. I have some growing outside. They would certainly be damaged if we had a hard freeze of any intensity but I can cover them up if that happens so they won't be killed. I had crotons in the yard at our old house in town that defoliated in temps under about 28F but always came back.