Caladium 'Clowning Around' Size #2 (2 Bulbs) **New Crop 2024 In Stock!!!

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 +++

Sun Tolerance: Sun and Shade
Height: Intermediate
Color: Pink
Patent #: 20,070

PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirement: Part Shade to Shade
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:
Landscapes and containers.

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 the 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.

Where the Caladiums will do best depends a lot on your location within
the US, since sunlight intensity varies depending on where you live
here’s a quick reference to help guide to help you succeed.

Region

When to Plant

Sun or Shade

Containers or in the garden

NW & NE United States & Canada

Early summer

Full sun - light shade.

Caladiums do best in containers in this part of the country and
usually need to be in a protected warm location for best results. Like
a sunroom or warm patio setting. If growing outdoors select the
warmest protected locations in the garden.

SW United States

Spring

shade to light shade only

Containers may be easiest but a shady, cool garden spot can also be
lovely. Watch your watering to keep the plants from drying out.

Midwest

Late Spring

Light shade

Containers are likely best, but a late spring planting into a
protected shade flower bed will also be fine.

SE United States

Spring

Shade to sun

Both containers and garden plantings work fine, in the deep south
Caladiums may even come back the following year if kept dry over the
winter.

Moisten the soil well when planting tubers. Soil should be kept slightly moist until sprouting occurs. After sprouting, water often and well. When planting, mix in some ordinary garden fertilizer, such as bone meal. 6-6-6 or 8-8-8, according to package directions. Any house plant fertilizers will work.