Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium

Caladium hortulanum

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Overview

The Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium, or Caladium hortulanum 'Bottle Rocket', is a vivid foliage annual with green and white leaves streaked by hot pink veins. It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide. Best in moist, well-drained soil with average water, it adapts to sun or shade and excels in containers, borders, and mass plantings. Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b.

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Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — or Caladium hortulanum 'Bottle Rocket'

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a vivid foliage annual with green and white leaves streaked by hot pink veins

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — well-drained soil with average water

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — it adapts to sun or shade and excels in containers

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b

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

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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Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — or Caladium hortulanum 'Bottle Rocket'

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a vivid foliage annual with green and white leaves streaked by hot pink veins

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It grows upright to 15-20 inches tall and 10-14 inches wide

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — well-drained soil with average water

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — it adapts to sun or shade and excels in containers

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Hardy in USDA Zones 10a-11b

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

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — is a dramatic foliage annual from the Proven Winners® collection

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — with green and white leaf panels electrified by hot pink to red centers and prominent veins

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — This fancy-leaf caladium brings a painterly quality to plantings

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — high-contrast leaves and easy seasonal presence

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — In cooler northern climates

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — though the best exposure depends on regional light intensity

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — hardy in USDA Zones 10a through 11b

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Bottle Rocket matures to about 15 to 20 inches tall and 10 to 14 inches wide

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — making it substantial enough to read clearly in a mixed planting while remaining compact and refined

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — It is grown as an annual in most climates and is perennial only in warm

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — while in hotter southern and southwestern gardens

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — it can take full sun to light shade in warm

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — well-drained soil and average

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — shade to light shade helps preserve the freshness of the foliage

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — but they also resent cold

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — consistent water; caladiums dislike drying out

Bottle Rocket Sun or Shade Caladium (Caladium hortulanum) — Containers are often the easiest route in cooler regions because the soil warms quickly and drains

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