Caladium Family Plant. Overwintering caladiums it seems a shame to have such a showy plant only give one season of color. Shade lovers caladiums come from tubers and quickly grow into lush plants.
Whether you choose a fancy leaved variety with large heart shaped leaves or a strap leaved cultivar with smaller lance shaped leaves both will make an amazing statement in your garden or containers. Viewing all plants of. This plant dates back many centuries and is used for many years due to its colorful foliage that is truly eye catching.
Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family araceae.
They can also be grown outdoors but unless you live in zones 9 to 11 you should plan to grow them as annuals or dig up the plants tubers at the end of the growing season and store them for winter. Other common names for caladium include angel wings and elephant ears. Plants typically grow in clumps to 1 2 5 tall. Caladium any of the tropical new world tuberous herbaceous plants that make up the genus caladium in the arum family widely cultivated for their showy fragile looking variably coloured leaves.