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White Queen Caladium
★★★★★
Prices start at : 13.98 USD / Bag of 3

The cold-sensitivity of Caladiums is why they've become big favorites for pots, baskets, and patio planters. Thrives in heat and humidity. If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm.

12-24" tall

    • Planting Depth: Plant so the top of the root is 1-2" below the soil line.
    • Mature Plant Size: 12-24" tall
    • Planting Time: Spring / Summer
    • Bulb Spacing: 5 bulbs per sq. ft
    • Half Sun / Half Shade: Yes
    • Mature Height: 12-24" tall
    Vermont
    Shelburne
    Caladium Mix
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 19.98 USD / Bag of 5

    And in fall, the pots make everything simple. Planting in cold soil will stunt your Caladiums, and you don't want to do that. Once your first cold snap wilts the leaves in fall, simply bring you pots inside, let the tops die down, and keep them as they...
    • Mature Plant Size: 12-24" tall
    • Full Shade: Yes
    • Botanical Name: Caladium Mix
    • Additional Information: Perennial in zones 9-10. Annual in zones 3-8.
    • Common Name: Fancy Leaf Caladium Mix
    • Plant Type / Life Cycle: Annual
    Vermont
    Shelburne
    Florida Cardinal Caladium
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 13.98 USD / Bag of 3

    The cold-sensitivity of Caladiums is why they've become big favorites for pots, baskets, and patio planters. Great for patios, decks and poolscapes. If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm.
    • Additional Information: Perennial in zones 9-10. Annual in zones 3-8.
    • Planting Time: Spring / Summer
    • Soil Moisture: Average, Moist/Wet, Well Draining
    • Soil Type: Loamy Soil
    • Foliage: Bright red heart-shaped leaves with green borders.
    • Mature Plant Size: 12-18" tall
    Vermont
    Shelburne
    Carolyn Whorton Caladium
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 13.98 USD / Bag of 3

    Great color in the shade: Growing Caladiums: Great for pots. (Like amaryllis in fall, bottom heat helps sprout these tropical tubers...if you have a warm radiator, try putting your pots there until they're well-sprouted.) Once they're up, liquid fertilizer...
    • Light Requirements: Half Sun / Half Shade, Full Shade
    • Soil Moisture: Average, Moist/Wet, Well Draining
    • Soil Type: Loamy Soil
    • Poisonous or Toxic to Animals: All parts of plant are poisonous if ingested. Toxic to dog and cats.
    • Half Sun / Half Shade: Yes
    • Botanical Name: Caladium Carolyn Whorton
    Vermont
    Shelburne
    Tapestry Caladium
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 15.98 USD / Bag of 3

    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. Once your first cold snap wilts the leaves in fall, simply bring you pots inside,...
    • Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    • Planting Depth: Plant so the top of the root is 1-2" below the soil line.
    • Mature Height: 24-36" tall
    • Neonicotinoid-Free: Yes
    • Plant Type / Life Cycle: Annual
    • Bloom Time: Foliage plant all season
    Vermont
    Shelburne
    Do Caladiums Bloom: What Is The Flower-Like Bud On Caladium Plant
    Are tropical to sub-tropical plants grown mainly for their exquisite, colorful leaves. As previously stated, the flower-like bud on a caladium is a spathe, which is a small modified leaf that sheathes the inner reproductive organs.
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Bringing Caladiums Out of Winter Storage
    Many more, however, rot in the ground in the damp, cool soil. The caladiums have a month or more before I'll be bringing them out, but I'll be busy in the meantime with other, more hardy plants.
    California
    El Segundo
    Caladium Care Indoors – Growing Caladiums As Indoor Plants
    Move the container to slightly brighter light being careful to protect new shoots from sizzling rays. When the leaves begin to die back, allow them to persist until fully spent and then cut them off.
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Tips For Growing Fancy Leaf Caladiums
    But before you decide to grow fancy leaf caladiums, there are a few things you should know about them and their care.originated in Peru and around the Amazon Basin in Brazil. Plant your tubers 2 to 8 inches apart depending on size.) soil to grow.
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Caladium Plant Care: How To Plant Caladiums
    Soil temperature is an important consideration, as planting too early outdoors can cause tubers to rot.These plants thrive in moist, well-drained soil and are generally happier in partial shade.
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Caladium Plant Problems – Caladium Plant Pests And Disease
    Read on to learn about caladium plant pests and other problems with caladium.Like other plants, caladiums can have problems. Take care with irrigation and fertilization and you'll be preventing caladium problems.Caladium plants are not typically troubled...
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Winter Care For Caladiums – Learn About Caladium Care In Winter
    Even in these areas, though, a heavy mulching of 3 inches is the recommended winter care for caladiums to keep them from dying in the colder temperatures.In USDA zones 8 and lower, winter care for caladium bulbs involves digging them up and bringing them...
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Planting Caladiums – When To Plant Caladium Bulbs
    Frost will kill caladiums and you need to keep them out of frost.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });9 or higher, you can leave your caladium bulbs in the ground year round, as they can survive the winters...
    Ohio
    Willoughby
    Caladium hybridizing - Making your own unique plant creation
    Or should we?you can use whichever two varieties you have available just to get your practice in. These new plants are the ones that never made it to the box store bench. Most of the varieties seem the same, or similar, from year to year.
    California
    El Segundo
    Thai Caladiums - Will they rock the Caladium world?
    The red color is incredibly intense and it is made even more so by the shiny leaf surface. Before you plunk down your cash, however, let me tell you my experience with these entrancing beauties .
    California
    El Segundo
    Growing Caladiums: A Bright Spot Of Color For Shady Areas
    Depending on the dormancy of the tubers when they were planted, leaves should start to poke through the soil in four to six weeks. When cooler temperatures arrive, the foliage will wilt and die back.
    California
    El Segundo
    Caladuims: Colorful Accents for Shady Areas
    The flowers aren't important to gardeners who grow caladiums; it is the colorful leaves that brighten up shady areas where flowering plants struggle.Since they are tropical plants, many gardeners treat them as annuals or lift the frost-sensitive tubers...
    California
    El Segundo
    Northwind Switch Grass
    Prices start at : 55.95 USD / #2 Container range: 1.2 - 1.8 gallons (5 - 8 liters)

    Northwind is a native grass and it is tough! Use it in your landscape as a vertical accent, in a mixed border, or as border hedge. 'Northwind' grass was one of the many important tall-grasses that covered the U.S. prairies.
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    • Soil Type: Well Drained
    • Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
    • Growth Rate: Medium
    • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
    • Fall Color: Yellow
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Porcupine Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    When clumps dry in the fall they add structural interest to the winter garden. These leaves make this ornamental grass stand out anywhere! Silvery white plumes rise 4 feet above the foliage in fall.
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 6 - 8 feet
    • Flower Color: White
    • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
    • Mature Spread: 3 - 4 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: Caladiums
    However, they can be started several weeks earlier indoors if you have an area where the containers can languish until they can safely go outdoors. Caladiums are enexpensive and easy to obtain.
    California
    El Segundo
    St John\'s Wort Pumpkin (Hypericum)
    Prices start at : 42.95 USD / 3 Gal

    A general rule of thumb is to count to 5 for every one gallon of pot size. Most of the water you put on the plant at first will run away from the plant until the soil is soaked. After back filling and lightly compacting the 50/50 mix of existing soil...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Maiden Grass
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    Weeping and Graceful Maiden Grass, Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus', is a 6-8 feet tall, graceful, clumping ornamental grass. The slender, weeping leaves are silvery-green and turn golden bronze in fall.
    • Soil Type: Well Drained
    • Foliage: Silvery Green
    • Botanical Name: Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
    • Flower Color: White
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Heuchera Autumn Bride
    Prices start at : 24.95 USD / 1 GAL

    Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. Adding compost or topsoil will help the young feeder roots to spread through the loose, nutrient rich soil,...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Tradescantia Sweet Kate
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Few plants shine as brightly as Sweet Kate does in the shade garden. From the lovely chartreuse foliage to the beautiful bluish purple flowers, this is a ground cover unlike any other.
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Are Caladiums Annuals or Perennials?
    While caladiums are grown for their colorful foliage, calla-like blossoms may appear under the leaves.Colorful green, white, pink or red caladium leaves dress up the garden.While caladiums overwinter outdoors in warm climates,gardeners in cold winter...
    California
    Santa Monica
    Autumn Brilliance Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 19.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Reddish frond color often returns in autumn after first fall frost. Meaning fern in reference to the presence of some species of wood ferns in woodland areas populated with oaks. It is native to woodland hillsides and mountain slopes in Japan, China and...
    Maryland
    Bowie
    Heuchera Citronelle
    ★★★★★
    Prices start at : 18.95 USD / 1 Gal

    Heuchera Citronelle is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar. Mass as in a group as a ground cover . Useful in rock gardens, borders and open woodland gardens. The chartreuse foliage will stand out in any shady garden, be it in a pot,...
    Maryland
    Bowie
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