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Elephant Ear Mini White in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Caladium humboldtii 'Mini White'

 

Elephant Ear 'Mini White'

Caladiums are tropical plants grown for their colorful foliage, and often grown as a houseplant or summer bedding plant. 'Mini White' is, as the name implies, a smaller variety, which has small green leaves mottled with white

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plant Features
  • Elephant Ear Mini White likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Elephant Ear Mini White likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Elephant Ear Mini White likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Elephant Ear 'Mini White'

Latin name

Caladium humboldtii 'Mini White'

type

Perennial

family

Araceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Elephant Ear Mini White likes partial shade to deep shade

    Partial shade to deep shade

  • Frost

    Elephant Ear Mini White is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Elephant Ear Mini White likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Elephant Ear Mini White likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Elephant Ear Mini White is 0.20meters x 0.25meters 0.20 M 0.25 M

Caladium humboldtii 'Mini White'

Caladiums are tropical plants grown for their colorful foliage, and often grown as a houseplant or summer bedding plant. 'Mini White' is, as the name implies, a smaller variety, which has small green leaves mottled with white


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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