Caladium 'Kathleen'
Elephant Ear 'Kathleen'
'Kathleen' is sun tolerant and has relatively small salmon-pink leaves with green margins. The leaves are borne on upright stalks that arise directly from the rounded underground tuber. It is a greenhouse perennial (in temperate regions) which has tuberous roots. These plants die down in Autumn.
Contributed by @Sussanah
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Elephant Ear 'Kathleen'
Latin name
Caladium 'Kathleen'
type
Perennial
family
Araceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.20 M
0.30 M
Caladium 'Kathleen'
'Kathleen' is sun tolerant and has relatively small salmon-pink leaves with green margins. The leaves are borne on upright stalks that arise directly from the rounded underground tuber. It is a greenhouse perennial (in temperate regions) which has tuberous roots. These plants die 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.
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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