Caladium care over winter
- how to grow caladiums in pots
- how to plant caladiums in pots
- how to grow caladium bulbs in pots
- how to plant caladium bulbs in pots
Best soil for caladiums in pots.
Caladium plant care outdoors
How To Grow And Care For Caladiums
Caladiums are grown for their foliage, with leaves shaped like hearts, arrows, or lances in combinations of red, pink, rose, white, chartreuse, and green. Their showy leaves are often translucent, which makes this plant light up your garden.
Caladiums have brightened shady spots for generations, but now you have the option of newer selections that can take some direct sun. The tubers are grown as annuals in the Upper and Middle South but will return yearly in frost-free gardens.
Plant in warm soil in the spring after the last frost. Some gardeners dig up tubers in the fall, store indoors over the winter, and replant in spring.
How to grow caladium fastThese fast-growing tropical plants are easy to grow and are a great companion for your impatiens, begonias, and ferns in flower borders and containers. All parts of caladiums are toxic to people. If eaten it can cause burning of the lips and tongue and if eaten in large quantities around the mouth which if eaten in large amounts can cause diarrhea and vomiting.
They are also toxic to cats, dogs, and horses.