Caladium 'Cherry Tart' Size #1 (Large 1 Bulb) ** New Crop 2024 ***Very Rare & limited availability

BULB SIZE : Diameter
Size #2 : 1 inch to 1.5 inches
Size #1 : 1.5 inch to 2.5 inches
Jumbo : 2.5 inch to 3.5 inches
Mammoth : 3.5 inch to 4.5 inch
Mega-Mammoth : 4.5 inch to +++

***In general, larger bulbs produce more and bigger leaves faster.
Smaller bulbs will perform just as well given a little more time.

Sun Tolerance: Sun and Shade
Height: Intermediate
Color: Pinky Red

Container Role: Thriller
PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirement: Sun or Shade
The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full
Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category: Easy
Bloom Time: Grown for Foliage
Hardiness Zones: 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Water Category: Average
Uses: Border Plant
Container
Landscape
Mass Planting
Uses Notes: Great in landscapes and containers and will grow well in
shaded to partial shade locations. They can also be grown indoors as a
houseplant where bright light or a sunny window are preferred.
Maintenance Notes: Caladiums can be an irritant if ingested. The
ASPCA has more information on which plants may be harmful.
Indoors: Caladiums can be a very nice windowsill or sunroom plant and
for much of the United States and certainly in Canada this might be
the best use for Caladiums. Since they are tropical they need to have
warmth and humidity, try to always keep the temperatures above 65 F
for best growth and leaf size, and a pebble tray or frequent misting
can help to keep humidity up around your plants. If you live in a
northern climate, be careful not to plant too early in spring as
temperatures below 50F will chill and stunt plants, normal indoor
temperatures should be fine and winter heaters usually dry things out
a bit too much. So this can be a good guide for when to grow these
Caladiums, when you turn the heater off for the summer.
Plant tubers pointed end facing upwards, so the tuber is about 2”
below the soil level, the roots form on the top of the tuber , so you
need to plant them deep enough that roots have room to grow, but not
too deep because it delays new leaves and weakens the plant. If your
plants are already growing in pots when you purchase them, plant them
about ½” deeper when you transplant them to make sure the tubers have
room to keep growing.
Caladiums do not need a lot of fertilizer, about ¼ of what most folks
feed their flowering annuals, and too much fertilizer can burn the
leaves especially the white portions of the leaf. So just fertilize
with ¼ the strength what you normally do for your flowers and apply
weekly or every other week.
Keep plants in a sunny to partly sunny location and avoid burning hot
southern exposures especially at higher altitudes.
Keep soil in your pots moist at all times, wilting will cause leaves
to yellow and drop, so just check to make they do not dry out!

Outdoors: Since Caladiums prefer heat and humidity and do not tolerate
cold, soggy soils, for most gardeners who live in the north will have
best results in containers, as the soil in pots or planters warms up
faster and has better drainage so plants will not become soggy.
Remember for best growth always keep the temperatures above 65 F.A ¼ -
½ strength fertilizing every week or every other week is fine
throughout the season, too strong a fertilizer can burn leaves, and
since the leaves last all season you want to keep them looking fresh.
Caladiums like to be moist at all times so avoid allowing them to dry
out as it also causes leaves to yellow and drop.