Elephant Ear Green Caladium Varieties

The big peltate leaves can reach up to 2 3 feet long and 1 2 feet wide.

Elephant ear green caladium varieties. We ship you caladium bulbs and elephant ear bulbs direct from the farm in lake placid florida the caladium capitol of the world. The leaves of caladium plants some as long as 24 inches have marbled spotted or veined patterns in red pink white and green. There are about 200 varieties of colocasia. Native to eastern asia colocasia esculenta or taro is a tender herbaceous perennial that grows best in organically rich wet soil and tropical climates it prefers full sun to part shade or filtered sun and can be a great plant for planting at the edge of the.

The plant thrives well in indirect sunlight. Keep the temperature between 60 and 80 degrees fahrenheit and reduce the amount of water given. Caladium varieties do well in u s. N a grown for its foliage.

Elephant s ear angel wings lance leaf caladium heart of jesus mother in law plant. Caladiums produce ears of light yellow color surrounded by a white light green blanket. Caladiums are generally zone 10. Caladium growing guide and facts.

The genus caladium includes seven. Zones 4 to 10 as a perennial in zone 9 to 10. The green and purple leaves are arrow. The plant blooms in a few days when pollinated on the spot of the cob quickly develop spherical fruit.

Elephant ears are fantastic zone 9 plants and above you usually won t have to worry about frost in these zones. Department of agriculture zones 8 through 11. Caladiums florida grower of over 40 colorful varieties of premium caladium bulbs and the worlds largest distributor of elephant ears bulbs. 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.

Keep a close eye on your outdoor temperatures as damage can occur below 50 degrees fahrenheit. Types of room caladiums. We have been growing quality caladiums on our farm for over 30 years. 12 to 24 inches 30 to 60 cm.

We recently have decided to make our products available to the public directly from the farm. A caladium is a tuberous rooted perennial that originally came from south america. Colocasia is one of the best types of elephant ear plants you can grow. The most popular indoor caladiums are the fancy leafed and lance leafed varieties.

It grows quite fast reaching up to 6 8 feet tall. Species of elephant ear plants. The alocasia species of elephant ear comes in many varieties with different sizes and colors. In indoor plants caladiums are mainly hybrid varietal plants in which even the original species are not always indicated.