Dwarf Caladium Plant

To keep them blooming fertilize your caladiums once per month during the growing season with a 5 10.

Dwarf caladium plant. Dwarf thai caladium thai beauty hok long origin. About caladiums any garden with a shady location has a perfect spot for caladiums. Most caladium varieties grow to about 18 24 inches tall however there are some dwarf varieties that peak at 8 12 inches. Caladiums are tropical plants growing from tubers most known for their colorful foliage and used as a houseplant or summer bedding plant.

Dwarf caladiums have small heart shaped leaves. This is a very rare new kind of thai caladium. Thai beauty is an exotic caladium with heart shaped leaves with wavy edges and at maturity it is hot pink with dark green and white veins. 64 west avon park fl 33825 toll free.

Next water the plants frequently so that the soil stays moist but not soggy. These tropical tubers most of them varieties derived from caladium bicolor are grown for their dramatic summer foliage they are naturals in beds with ferns or coleus in. To grow caladiums plant the tubers in a moist shady location at least 6 to 8 inches apart in well draining soil. Caladiums grown as annuals and stored as tubers during the winter will not get as lush as caladium plants left in the ground or grown as houseplants.

The width of your plant will vary with cultivar and age.