White Caladium Leaves Turning Brown

Caladium candidum angels wings is a delicately beautiful foliage plant with its large translucent white leaves and heavy green veins.

White caladium leaves turning brown. Some such as the strapleaf type white wings actually like sun. The variegated leaves of caladium caladium bicolor emerge as rigid shoots from their spring planted corms as soon as the soil becomes thoroughly warm reminding them perhaps of their native brazil. Caladium plants are native to central and south america. This year i have the white only.

You can grow them outdoors year round in u s. There are several varieties of green and white caladiums. This white caladium is not adapted to the amount of sun it is getting. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11 outdoors in summer in most climates or as houseplants.

Caladiums caladium x hortulanum are outstanding plants that can be grown in warm or cool zones. Glowing in full shade this luminous foliage plant is terrific to add color and drama to shady borders and containers. Your caladium should really be in a sunny window. Caladium leaves dying gardening reference gardening in 2005.

Prized for its highly decorative leaves caladium candidum angel wings is a tuberous perennial with lush heart shaped white leaves adorned with striking dark green veins. Inconspicuous calla type flowers appear in summer but they are usually hidden by the leaves. By will creed on june 23 2005 04 47 am small leaves lack of color and bent stems all can be caused by inadequate light. Caladium is a wonderful houseplant for a plant lover with little or no outdoor space as you can enjoy it during its growing period and swap it out for another in its place while it rests.

Use fungicides such as medallion to control fusarium and subdue to control pythium a number of effective fungicides are now available in granular form and therefore may be incorporated in the soil. Yellowing leaves on caladium. Eventually the tissue can burn through and holes will form. Caladiums are a hardy lot most of you will experience very little in the way of diseases the most common caladium diseases are fusarium and pythium the main symptom is root rot.

Yellow variegated leaves too generally color best in the sun. They are shaped like arrowheads and can get up to 18 inches long.