Types of Caladium – by Color

Buy caladium by leaf color job and leaf shape, not by a shared heart photo. White shade carpets, pink pots, red anchors, strap types that take a little more sun, and Heart to Heart compact series share warm soil. They do not share one sun load. Sort all 22 Caladium here. Care stays on How to Grow Caladium. Plant-out stays on Planting Caladium Tubers.

Choose by leaf color job and light

White Christmas and Candidum are white fancy-leaf jobs. Pink Cloud and Miss Muffet are pink. Red Flash is a red anchor. Gingerland is strap/lance. Bold 'N Beautiful is Heart to Heart. Warm soil and even moisture stay on the grow page. Color job is the first filter. Leaf shape is the second. A series name is only a size note. Do not buy from a photo of a spathe.

Wrong caladium buys that look like a types page

• White Christmas in a west-facing bake — White Christmas holes in hard sun. Put it in dappled shade.
• Pink as a sun bedding annual — Miss Muffet scorches. NC State: pink types brown first in sun.
• Every tag as a fancy heart — Gingerland is a narrower leaf that can take a little more light. Read strap vs fancy on the tag.
• Heart to Heart as a different care system — Bold 'N Beautiful still wants 70°F soil and even moisture. Compact is height, not hardiness.
• Buying for flowers — the spathe is not the reason to plant. Leaf color is the job. Skip any rack that sells caladium as a blooming annual. The small spathe is optional; the leaf is the crop.

What each class offers

White and silver. High-contrast fancy hearts for bright shade. White Christmas and Candidum are the usual cool carpets. Candidum Junior and Florida Moonlight sit in the same band. White Queen and Aaron keep the white job without turning the bed into a flower contest. They show dirt and scorch first. Morning sun is enough. Do not use them as a lantana substitute in a hot parking strip. A white leaf is not a sun-proof leaf.

Pink and blush. Shade beds and porch pots. Pink Cloud and Miss Muffet are the pink checkout names. Carolyn Whorton and Kathleen stay in the same moisture calendar. Rosebud is still a shade plant. Even moisture. Afternoon shade. A pink photo in a catalog is not a sun rating. If the tag is silent, give pink the same afternoon shade you give white.

Red and patterned. Bold anchors beside white carpets. Red Flash is the usual red block. June Bride sits with other patterned fancy-leaf types. Still foliage, still warm soil. A red flash is a color block, not a bloom contest. Red does not buy drought. It does not buy a west wall. Pair it with a white carpet only if both get the same even moisture.

Strap and lance. Narrower leaves, often a little more sun than a broad fancy heart. Gingerland is the library’s clear strap example. Confirm the tag before you move any strap type into a brighter bed. They still rot in cold wet soil. They still want even summer moisture. More sun on a tag is not a dry-gravel rating. If the leaf is still a broad heart, treat it as fancy-leaf shade until the tag says otherwise.

Heart to Heart. Compact series breeding with the same warm-soil shade contract. Bold 'N Beautiful is the series face in this catalog. Hot Flash and Dawn to Dusk stay in that group. Use them when you want a smaller plant, not a different winter. Compact is height and pot scale. It is not hardiness, and it is not a pass on 70°F soil. Sort the rest of the catalog below.

If two labels disagree, trust leaf shape and the sun note on the tag. Fancy hearts want more shade. Strap types may take a little more light. Series names do not change soil heat. A compact pot type still lifts in fall where frost comes. Care after you choose stays on How to Grow Caladium. Plant-out stays on Planting Caladium Tubers.

Browse all caladium by group (22)

Browse all caladium by group. Groups follow color job, leaf shape, and series. Skip groups that miss your bed, then open two or three profiles. Cards shortlist after the class; they are not a second water calendar. Confirm sun notes on the profile before you copy a neighbor’s west wall. A white fancy-leaf type in a catalog shot under trees is not a match for a west-facing stoop. Read the group blurb, then the tag.

White and silver cool shade carpets (6)

High-contrast white and silver fancy-leaf hearts for bright shade or gentle morning sun — not hard noon on thin tissue.

Pink and blush for shade beds and porch pots (5)

Blush and pink fancy-leaf forms for shade beds and porch pots with even summer moisture.

Red and patterned anchors (2)

Bold red and patterned fancy-leaf anchors beside white carpets — foliage show, not a bloom contest.

Strap and lance — when tags claim more sun (1)

Narrower strap or lance leaves that often handle slightly brighter light than broad fancy hearts — confirm the tag.

Heart to Heart series — modern compact color (8)

Heart to Heart series compact breeding — same warm-soil shade contract as classic fancy-leaf Angel Wings.

Warm-soil care lives on How to Grow Caladium. Tuber plant-out lives on Planting Caladium Tubers.