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'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium

Caladium hortulanum

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Overview

'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium, or Caladium hortulanum 'Clowning Around', is an upright Proven Winners® fancy-leaf annual with rose-pink veins, cream-orange panels, and olive-green raised edges. It grows 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide. Best in part shade to shade, it prefers warm, humid conditions, evenly moist well-drained soil, and average water. Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11.

Water Medium
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — or Caladium hortulanum 'Clowning Around'
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is an upright Proven Winners® fancy-leaf annual with rose-pink veins'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and olive-green raised edges'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Best in part shade to shade'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — evenly moist well-drained soil+2

Culture

Water
Medium

Shape & size

Mature height
1.25–1.6666666 Ft.
Mature width
0.8333333–1.1666666 Ft.

Classification

Family
Araceae

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'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — or Caladium hortulanum 'Clowning Around'
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is an upright Proven Winners® fancy-leaf annual with rose-pink veins
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — and olive-green raised edges
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Best in part shade to shade
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10-11
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — evenly moist well-drained soil
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — commonly referred to as 'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium
'Clowning Around' Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a fancy-leaf annual with a playful

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