(Angel Wings, White Queen Caladium)

Caladium is a tender, shade-loving tropical perennial that’s grown for its fantastically ornamental foliage. The cultivar ‘White Queen’ is a sun-tolerant selection with white and green heart-shaped leaves. Each leaf has a red central vein and on new leaves the red color often bleeds into adjacent white areas, though mature leaves become predominantly green and white with only central veins retaining a red tint. Like most caladium, its flowers have insignificant ornamental appeal.

As a rule,...

(Angel Wings, Fancy-leaved Caladium, White Wing Caladium)

Strap-leaved caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful, broadly lance-shaped leaves with heart-like lobes. The cultivar 'White Wing' has white, ruffled leaves with irregular green margins. The leaves are borne on upright stalks that arise directly from the rounded underground tuber.

All caladiums thrive in warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. The roundish tubers rot in cool damp soil. Like most strap-leaved caladiums, 'White Wing' tolerates full to partial...

(Angel Wings, Fancy-leaved Caladium, Heart-of-Jesus)

Caladium is a tender tuberous perennial native to South America. It is grown for its dark green leaves that are variegated, streaked, or spotted with red, pink, or white. ‘June Bride’ is a lovely cultivar with silvery white leaves with green veins. Caladium thrives in partial to full shade in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. This plant adds color to any shady garden and looks great year round in tropical climates. In cooler regions dig tubers in the fall and store or use indoors as a houseplant...

(Angel Wings)

Magnificent dark green and white-veined leaves that are shaped like a pointed arrowhead makes spoon flower one of the most gorgeous tropical foliage plants. Hailing from the rainforests of Colombia, this herbaceous tender perennial often goes seasonally dormant if winter chill or drought ensues.

Growing about knee-high, the slender stems that arise from tubers hold large leather leaves. Each blade is arrow-shaped with pointed lobes, being a deep green with crisp white to silvery white veins and...

(Calanthe Orchid, Orchid)

Calanthe comprises roughly 150 orchid species. Most are terrestrial (ground-dwelling) herbaceous perennials. This expansive genus is naturally found in southern Africa and Madagascar, southeastern Asia (from India to Japan) southward to Australia and even on some South Pacific Islands.

Species in Calanthe are either evergreen or deciduous. All species have sympodial growth - growing from a terminal bud that usually ends with a flower spike. Evergreen species' growth is from...

(Calathea)

Plants of genus Calathea have beautiful leaves. There are about 300 species all native to the warm moist forested regions of the tropical Americas. Commonly known as peacock plants, these are among some of the most popular tropical house plants grown.

Calathea are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from fibrous or tuberous roots. Most form clumps and slowly spread from the tubers or rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The foliage of most rise from a central rosette but...

(Helen Kennedy Calathea)

Plants of genus Calathea have beautiful leaves. There are about 300 species all native to the warm moist forested regions of the tropical Americas. Commonly known as peacock plants, these are among some of the most popular tropical house plants grown.

Calathea are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from fibrous or tuberous roots. Most form clumps and slowly spread from the tubers or rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The foliage of most rise from a central rosette but...

(Calathea, Silhouette Calathea)

Plants of genus Calathea have beautiful leaves. There are about 300 species all native to the warm moist forested regions of the tropical Americas. Commonly known as peacock plants, these are among some of the most popular tropical house plants grown.

Calathea are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from fibrous or tuberous roots. Most form clumps and slowly spread from the tubers or rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The foliage of most rise from a central rosette but...

(Rattlesnake Plant)

Plants of genus Calathea have beautiful leaves. There are about 300 species all native to the warm moist forested regions of the tropical Americas. Commonly known as peacock plants, these are among some of the most popular tropical house plants grown.

Calathea are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from fibrous or tuberous roots. Most form clumps and slowly spread from the tubers or rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The foliage of most rise from a central rosette but...

(Calathea)

Plants of genus Calathea have beautiful leaves. There are about 300 species all native to the warm moist forested regions of the tropical Americas. Commonly known as peacock plants, these are among some of the most popular tropical house plants grown.

Calathea are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from fibrous or tuberous roots. Most form clumps and slowly spread from the tubers or rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The foliage of most rise from a central rosette but...