Thanks, Floridians!
None of them would survive outside here in the winter, mulch or no.
I think I will TRY them as house plants in the winter but now at least I know to be prepared for that dormancy thing. I know I see both of them in the houseplant sections in places, so I thought they'd not go dormant.
I can water the colocasia every day if that's what it needs.
I watered the caladiums once a week, like my other house plants.
Do you think the caladiums would go year round if I watered them more???
Or are do they just NEED to go dormant?
I kept a "Black and Blue" salvia green in the house over a winter, but it stopped blooming. So I let it go dormant in its pot in the basement the next year. I eventually lost it but I'm not sure it was because of the winter in the basement....
