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Elephant Ear Junior Improved in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Caladium Candidum 'Junior Improved'

 

Elephant Ear 'Junior Improved'

This stunning caladium with paper-thin translucent leaves, white with a thin veining of green, makes for a spectacular ornamental garden plant. Caladium Candidum will grow to produce numerous leaves each of which will reach up to 30cm in height.

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plant Features
  • Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Elephant Ear Junior Improved is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Elephant Ear 'Junior Improved'

Latin name

Caladium Candidum 'Junior Improved'

type

Perennial

family

Araceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Frost

    Elephant Ear Junior Improved is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Elephant Ear Junior Improved likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Elephant Ear Junior Improved is 0.20meters x 0.30meters 0.20 M 0.30 M

Caladium Candidum 'Junior Improved'

This stunning caladium with paper-thin translucent leaves, white with a thin veining of green, makes for a spectacular ornamental garden plant. Caladium Candidum will grow to produce numerous leaves each of which will reach up to 30cm in height.


Flowering

From Early Spring TO Late Autumn

Although Caladium does not produce flowers, it is grown for its impressive colourful foliage which appears from early spring until it dies down in Autumn.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Start the tubers into growth in early spring at a temperature of 21C. Place the tubers into a box of damp peat or moss and syringe them twice daily. Once growth emerges, plant them into pots of proprietary peat mixture. Good drainage is essential.

 
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