Caladium Australia

If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm. This is how many northern gardeners grow these beauties. A stunner for any shade garden, 'White Queen' Caladium has creamy white leaves with bursting crimson centers...

With their brilliant colors in fascinating designs, and large heart-shaped leaves, they've become landscape favorites, especially since they are perfect for shaded areas. Keep them evenly moist and very warm after planting.

If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm. This is how many northern gardeners grow these beauties. For a great splash of color in shady spots and patio pots, 'Florida Cardinal' Caladium has large, bright...

Use about 1 1/2" of soil over the tubers. Spectacular Ground Cover: Many gardeners use these colorful plants as a ground cover for shady areas. Starting your tubers: Plant your tubers with the 'eyes' upward--one tuber to a 4" pot, and 3 tubers in a gallon-size.

If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm. Great color in the shade: Growing Caladiums: Caladiums are beautiful natives of the South American Rain Forests.

These plants in the Araceae family are classed as blooming plants. But do caladiums bloom? Inside the curved spathe is a spadix. The flowers are so small that they are certainly not detractors to the beauty of the foliage, so leaving them on should have...

Small tubers are much cheaper than large tubers, but it takes many of the smaller ones to make as great a show as the larger ones. It's a better idea to dig the tubers and store them in protected places for the winter.Other friends have found another...

Can you grow Caladium plants indoors? You should only fertilize the plant when it is actively growing during spring to late summer. Move the container to slightly brighter light being careful to protect new shoots from sizzling rays.

Before planting, dig in plenty of peat or pine bark to take care of the first two requirements and add a good dose (1 tbs/plant) of 10-10-10 fertilizer. The 12-30 inch heart shaped leaves will retain their color throughout the summer and into the early...

When you plant caladiums, you should plant them about 4 to 6 inches deep and 4 to 6 inches apart.If you're growing caladiums indoors, keep them in a warm room with plenty of light until outside temperatures are warm enough to transplant.

They are shaped likeand can get up to 18 inches long. Sometimes, these are present in the dormant tubers.If you want to start preventing caladium problems from fungus, immerse the tubers in hot water – water heated to 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 C.)...

(15 C.), dig up your caladium bulb with the foliage still attached. Because of this, it is used to hot temperatures and needs special treatment during winter in cooler climates. This process will cure the bulbs and cause them to go dormant.After a few...

But when to plant caladium bulbs varies depending on where you live. Last fall, you may have spent some time saving caladium bulbs from your garden or, this spring, you may have bought some at the store.

If you do a lot of them, you could have your hands really full! In any event, share pictures of your new creations with your friends at Dave's Garden so we can celebrate your achievement with you.

Now that Thai Caladiums are out of the bag, as it were, we have a chance to see what a hundred years of secret royal breeding can produce.All in all, I have found these plants to be very interesting and worth a try, As for their future with me, well,...

They are easy for all skill levels, and fit the budgets of nearly every gardener. Discard any tubers that have gone soft, or feel empty and weightless.In areas of the world where the summertime temperatures do not rise enough to grow caladiums outdoors,...

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He hosts destination weddings and the brides just adore the lush beds full of the tropical foliage. Caladiums are warm weather plants and their splashy color and exotic appearance give the most humble display a lush and tropical feel.

(including myself) They will make your containers and gardens shine! I plant the tubers about 3" deep (7.6cm) each spring in the containers, as soon as there is no chance of frost.

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