White Christmas Caladium is a tuberous tropical annual with an upright habit grown for its broad and colorful foliage. The huge arrowhead shaped leaves are a stunning silvery white with distinctive dark green veining. Grows best in part sun with rich, well-drained acidic soils.
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South America |
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Height: |
1’ - 2’ |
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Spread: |
1’ - 2’ |
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Spacing: |
1.5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
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N/A |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Keep soils consistently moist. Dig up after foliage dieback or first frost and bring in to overwinter if in zones lower than 8. No serious pests or disease issues. Foliage is fragile, so protect from winds and watch for slugs.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Edging, Woodland Gardens, Cottage Gardesn, Foundation Plantings, Indoor Plants, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Fern, Begonia, Coral Bells
IMAGES: Abxbay, La Mortella Gardens sept 2016 001, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) James St. John, Caladium bicolor or Caladium x hortulanum (fancy-leaved caladium) 5 (38737693304), CC BY 2.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Caladium aracea 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by Ron Cogswell, 'Fancy-Leaved Caladium' -- Longwood Gardens (PA) July 2011
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
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