Florida Sweetheart Caladium is a small tuberous tropical annual with an upright habit grown for its broad and colorful foliage. The huge arrowhead shaped leaves are rosy pink to red centers with darker veins and green waved margins. Grows best in part sun with rich, well-drained acidic soils.
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Type: |
Annual |
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Height: |
1’ - 1.5’ |
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Spread: |
1’ - 1.5’ |
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Spacing: |
1.5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
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. Note: skin contact may cause irritation.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Foundation Plantings, Indoor Plants and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Fern, Begonia, Coral Bells
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Caladium bicolor Florida Sweetheart 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Forest and Kim Starr, starr-120613-9631-Caladium_bicolor-assorted_colors-Home_Depot_Nursery_Kahului-Maui, (3) Jim, the Photographer, Caladium, (4) Clayton Shonkwiler, Venous
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
