Caladium 'Desert Sunset'

Lance-leaf Elephant Ear

'Desert Sunset' has all pink leaves that are sun tolerant. It looks great as an accent plant in your patio containers, as well as mixed in the shade or part sun border.

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plant Features

Partial shade to deep shade
Occasional watering
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
Moist and rich

plant information

Common name

Lance-leaf Elephant Ear

Latin name

Caladium 'Desert Sunset'

type

Perennial

family

Araceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Partial shade to deep shade
Frost

A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

Soil

Moist and rich
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lance-leaf Elephant Ear is 0.20meters x 0.30meters

0.20 M 0.30 M

Caladium 'Desert Sunset'

'Desert Sunset' has all pink leaves that are sun tolerant. It looks great as an accent plant in your patio containers, as well as mixed in the shade or part sun border.

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.

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.

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