Caladium Bicolor Fancy Leaf

Prized for its highly decorative leaves caladium white christmas angel wings is a tuberous perennial with lush heart shaped silvery white leaves adorned with striking dark green veins and edges.

Caladium bicolor fancy leaf. The genus caladium includes seven. Can be grown as an annual or houseplant elsewhere. The wild plants grow to 40 90cm 15 35 inch tall with leaves mostly 15 45cm 6 18 inch long and broad and have subtle white flowers. Download this stock image.

July to frost light. 10 11 elsewhere dig and store in the winter height. Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. Glowing in full shade this luminous foliage plant is terrific to add color and drama to shady.

Use 5 inch pot for 2 1 2 inch tubers 7 inch pot for one larger or two smaller. A t state university work in tandem along with federal state and local governments to form a strategic partnership called n c. Plant database entry for fancy leafed caladium caladium bicolor with 39 images and 24 data details. Inconspicuous calla type flowers appear in summer but they are usually hidden by the leaves.

Part shade bulb size. 1 1 2 2 1 2 inches in diameter hirt s gardens. 12 18 inches months of bloom. Caladium bicolor nc state university and n c.

Perennial in zones 9 11. Start tubers in march or in the early spring. Caladium k ə ˈ l eɪ d i əm is a genus of flowering plants in the family araceae they are often known by the common name elephant ear which they share with the closely related genera alocasia colocasia and xanthosoma heart of jesus and angel wings there are over 1000 named cultivars of caladium bicolor from the original south american plant. Fancy leafed caladium caladium bicolor leaves philippines tr6b99 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors.

Caladium bicolor fancy leafed caladiums hardiness zone. Pot in a mix of equal parts coarse sand leaf mold and ground bark or peat moss. The genus caladium indigenous to south america. Caladium leaves are large arrow shaped long stalked colored in bands and blotches of red rose pink white silver bronze and green.

Fancy leaf caladiums are a great addition to the often all too green shade garden.