Data specific to Caladiums (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gary J. Wilfret
Leaf shape: Fancy
Primary leaf color: Red

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 13
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Other: Berries white when ripe.
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of plant contain calcium oxalate crystals, an irritant to the mouth and esophagus. Toxic to cats and dogs.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Parentage: Frieda Hemple X Carolyn Whorton

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Common names
  • Fancy-leaf Caladium
  • Angel Wings
  • Heart of Jesus
Also sold as:
  • Cardinal

Photo Gallery
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-06-27
Growing in a container with Syngonium podophyllum and  a half dea
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Summer 2010
A tall eyecatching caladium
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2016-08-30
Caladium 'Florida Cardinal' has very vibrant colored leaves - I l
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2010-07-22
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Jul 7, 2009
The underside of this beauty
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-06-09
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-06-09
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-07-08
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-07-08
In the bright morning sun
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2013-08-05
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2016-05-30

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2013-06-09

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
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