The Rosebud caladium was the first of many to emerge for me during the cool wet spring we had here in SW Wisconsin. This year was my ver...Read Morey first experience with Caladiums and after reading the info I found on web sites, I was fearful for their survival. ALL my caladiums have grown beautifully in spite of my ignorance and have proven themselves to be worthy of any extra care and/or treatment required to keep them in my garden for years to come.
I will be wintering them over. I plan on trying to keep several as houseplants while experimenting with digging and storing others.
If you've been afraid to try these wonderfully colorful and showy foliage plants, don't be. If *I* can have success, so can you.
Oh! (Edited to add:) In my opinion, the flowers that rise from the Caladiums...at least those I've had, are anything but "insignificant." I was *very* surprised when mine started forming what appeared to be swollen leaf buds that erupted into a gorgeous Peace Lily-like (Spath) hooded flower. That experience, in itself, was enough to secure my intrigue with these plants.
This caladium is not winter-hardy in zone 5 but the bulbs can be lifted before frost and dried and saved to be planted the next year.
The Rosebud caladium was the first of many to emerge for me during the cool wet spring we had here in SW Wisconsin. This year was my ver...Read More