(Angel Wings, Asset Club Caladium)

Caladium is a tuberous tropical perennial grown for its colorful leaves. The hybrid 'Asset Club' is a petite selection developed in Thailand where it's known as 'Sub Sa Mo Sorn'. Its arrowhead-shaped foliage is pink and rose with dark green, silver-edged veins.

This caladium needs partial to full shade and warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. Cool moist conditions encourage tuber rot. It forms a low clump of leaves that are nearly evergreen where conditions remain warm and humid year-round....

(Angel Wings, Autumn Beauty Caladium)

Caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful leaves. The hybrid 'Autumn Beauty' forms clumps of large, heart-shaped, yellow-green leaves with apple-green blushing and vibrant magenta-pink veins.

This caladium needs partial to full shade and warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. Cool moist conditions encourage tuber rot. It is nearly evergreen where conditions remain warm and humid year-round. Plants go dormant in prolonged dry weather.

Caladiums are perfect...

(Angel Wings, Avalon Pink Caladium)

Caladium is a tuberous tropical perennial grown for its colorful leaves. The hybrid 'Avalon Pink' is a fancy-leaved selection with heart-like green foliage that has a white and pink-blushed central core with large speckles of rose throughout.

This caladium needs partial shade and fertile moist soil with good drainage. It resents cool moist soil temperatures which can encourage tuber rot. It's a clumping plant that can remain nearly evergreen in tropical regions that are consistently warm and...

(Angel Wings, Berry Patch Caladium)

Caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful leaves. The fancy-leaved hybrid 'Berry Patch' has bold showy foliage that is remarkably sun-tolerant. Its large heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves are dusty green with broad creamy veining and numerous strawberry-pink blotches. This cultivar was developed at the University of Florida.

This caladium does well in partial to full sun and warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. Cool moist conditions encourage tuber rot. It...

(Angel Wings, Blaze Caladium, Fancy-leaved Caladium)

Caladium is a tuberous tropical perennial grown for its large colorful leaves. The small, fancy-leaved 'Blaze' has heart-shaped leaves of dark green that have a rosy-red blush across most of the leaf face. The veins are a stronger red.

As a rule, caladiums should be planted in partial sun to partial shade and fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Warm soil temperatures are essential as cool soil temperatures cause plants to stop growing and encourage rot. Fancy-leaved cultivars typically have...

(Angel Wings, Blizzard Caladium)

Caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful leaves. The fancy-leaved hybrid 'Blizzard' (or 'Florida Blizzard') is a University of Florida introduction selected for its vigor and its uniquely marked leaves, which are veined and heavily splashed with silver-white. This cultivar resulted from a cross between 'Aaron' and 'White Christmas.'

Like most fancy-leaved caladiums, 'Blizzard' has large heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves that scorch in hot sun (in contrast, strap-leaved...

(Angel Wings, Candidum Junior Caladium, Fancy-leaved Caladium)

Caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful leaves. The cute and tidy 'Candidum Junior' is a petite fancy-leaved hybrid with white, green-veined, heart-shaped foliage.

Like most fancy-leaved caladiums, 'Candidum Junior' suffers leaf scorch in full sun (in contrast, strap-leaved hybrids have narrower, more sun-tolerant foliage). All caladiums thrive in warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. The roundish tubers rot in cool damp soil. Plants go dormant in prolonged...

(Angel Wings, Candidum Caladium)

Grown for their highly ornamental leaves, hybrid caladiums are tropical to subtropical tuberous perennials that offer effortless summer beauty. The cultivar 'Candidum' is a fancy-leaved type with delicate, heart-shaped, white leaves with prominent dark green veins and edges. They are borne from small, fleshy, brown tubers that are easily dug, divided and stored. Inconspicuous spathe and spadex flowers appear in summer and are concealed by the leaves.

This aroid thrives in full to part shade and...

(Angel Wings, Carolyn Whorton Caladium)

Carolyn Whorton caladium is a tender tropical perennial plant grown from tubers. This plant is grown for its large, showy, variegated, colorful leaves that dark green edges, mottled pink spots in the center and obvious red midribs. It is considered a "fancy leaf" type with its more delicate heart-shaped leaf.

Grow Carolyn Whorton in part sun to part shade in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. The more sun this cultivar receives, the more moisture that should be provided to the roots. It can...

(Angel Wings, Edith Mead Caladium)

Caladiums are tuberous tropical perennials grown for their colorful leaves. The heirloom cultivar 'Edith Mead' is a fancy-leaved hybrid with white, green-edged, arrowhead-shaped foliage with pink veins. It is named after the wife of Theodore Mead, a prominent early twentieth century horticulturist and caladium breeder in central Florida.

All caladiums thrive in warm, fertile, moist soil with good drainage. The roundish tubers rot in cool damp soil. Like most fancy-leaved caladiums, 'Edith Mead'...