Caladium White Flower
Glowing in full shade this luminous foliage plant is terrific to add color and drama to shady.
Caladium white flower. Caladiums thrive in warm humid shade and dazzle in shade gardens with their large pointed arrow shaped leaves splashed with shades of green white cream pink and red. They can be found in many shades of green pink white and red. Although they don t usually flower when grown as annuals the foliage puts on a dazzling show all season with minimal fuss or care. Inconspicuous calla type flowers appear in summer but they are usually hidden by the leaves.
A real workhorse this fancy leafed caladium is ideal to. Prized for its stunning leaves caladium white queen angel wings is a tuberous perennial with large heart shaped leaves adorned with bleeding scarlet rose veins. Lime green leaves flecked with bright pink spots. Large arrow shaped green leaves with a heavy dusting of bright white a simple and striking color combination.
Emerging pink the highly decorative leaves fade to white as they mature. So just fertilize with the strength what you normally do for your flowers and apply weekly or every other week. Caladiums do not need a lot of fertilizer about of what most folks feed their flowering annuals and too much fertilizer can burn the leaves especially the white portions of the leaf. Most have some degree of green.
The leaves of the caladium plant have distinguished midribs with contrasting margins and many different types of patterns like veined or striped. 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. The genus caladium includes seven. If you are looking for the fanciest foliage plant that can grow in the shade then what else than beautiful caladiums.
We ship you caladium bulbs and elephant ear bulbs direct from the farm in lake placid florida the caladium capitol of the world. 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. Inconspicuous calla type flowers appear in summer but they are usually hidden by the leaves. This plant is known to have no stems.
White caladiums are impressive alone or mixed with other colors. Most white caladiums prefer shade or filtered sun. Dwarf variety that reaches only about 8 inches in height. Caladium little miss muffet.
Features of caladium flowers. Moonlight s green veins are very delicate whereas the veins of white christmas are darker and more prominent. When planted in shade white caladiums practically glow. One of the most fashionable foliage plants discover the types of caladium varieties that can add drama flare to your landscape and interior.