Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium

Caladium hortulanum

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Overview

The Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium, or Caladium hortulanum 'Chinook', is a foliage annual with elongated heart-shaped leaves in salmon pink, coral, and emerald green with deep pink veining. It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 8-10 inches wide. Thriving in sun or shade, it prefers warmth, humidity, and evenly moist, well-drained soil with average water. Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11.

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Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a foliage annual with elongated heart-shaped leaves in salmon pink

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and emerald green with deep pink veining

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 8-10 inches wide

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Thriving in sun or shade, it prefers warmth, humidity, and evenly moist, well-drained soil with average

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — each one crisply outlined in emerald green and threaded with deep pink veining

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — heart-shaped leaves emerge in tones of salmon pink to coral

Culture

Water: Medium

Shape & size

Mature height: 1.25–1.6666666 Ft.
Mature width: 0.6666667–0.8333333 Ft.

Classification

Family: Araceae

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Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a foliage annual with elongated heart-shaped leaves in salmon pink

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and emerald green with deep pink veining

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 8-10 inches wide

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Thriving in sun or shade, it prefers warmth, humidity, and evenly moist, well-drained soil with average

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — each one crisply outlined in emerald green and threaded with deep pink veining

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — heart-shaped leaves emerge in tones of salmon pink to coral

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a luminous foliage annual prized for its unusually warm coloration and polished tropical presence

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — commonly referred to as Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — ‘Chinook’ forms an upright

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — neatly scaled clump that typically reaches 15 to 20 inches tall with an 8 to 10 inch spread

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — it softens to a more delicate pastel salmon

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — the foliage often intensifies toward a vivid coral glow; in part shade or full shade

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It is grown primarily for its season-long foliage rather than flowers

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — offering continuous color without the need for deadheading

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — While often treated as an annual in cooler climates

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — it is winter hardy in USDA Zones 10a through 11b

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — performing in sun or shade in many climates

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — though regional intensity matters

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and it should not be planted into cold

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Containers are especially useful in northern gardens because potting mixes warm quickly and drain freely

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Keep soil consistently moist

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — avoid letting plants dry down to the point of yellowing foliage

Chinook Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and feed lightly during the growing season to preserve the lush

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