The caladium bicolor is a tender, perennial bulb that blooms in summer, often grown as a container plant or houseplant and in Tenerife you can get it at ROOTS GARDEN. For its colorful arrowhead-shaped leaves, which, in addition to bicolor, are also available in a rainbow of colors such as white, pink, red and green.
It is a wonderful plant. Some are almost white with a green border and veins. ornamentally insignificant flowers and fruits; propagated by tubers; tubers should be dug up and stored over winter; used as a specimen plant, massive, shady borders.
It is a plant that devours water, it needs abundant quantities when it grows, so, if from ROOTS you take your caladium bicolor home, we recommend you to place it in partial or complete shade, in fertile, acid soils, with a high content of organic matter and well drained.
Once in the pot, or in your garden, keep the soil moist especially during the summer and fertilize regularly during the growing season. The good news? No serious insect or disease problems, although slugs and snails can damage foliage.
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