Caladiums in ground

I treat them as annuals here. A bit pricey but white in heavy shade is a wonderful contrast. I have tried to store them over winter in my basement. Had a few weak survivors hence I consider them wonderful annuals.

Zone 8 perhaps a heavy mulch?

Good luck!!

Bill

Thanks I'll give it a try! My tubers seemed to be rotting in character bt early spring. I covered them in sulfur and vermiculite. I'll give DRY and warm a go!

Bill

In article , snipped-for-privacy@swbell.not says... :) I'm in the D/FW area (sunset 33? 8b?) will caladiums overwinter here in :) the ground? Will they look OK next year? I find conflicting info on the :) net, it seems many folks pull the bulbs/rhizomes whatever and overwinter :) in show boxes, other folks say they never look as good either way and to :) just get new ones to plant when the ground warms up. :) :) I'd just like to know what to expect - I doubt I will go to the trouble :) to pull the bulbs up as they are in very 'root-y' areas and were hard to :) plant anyway. I could mulch over them if that would help. :) :) any experience with this? :) :) tia :) :) Carl :) :) Some plants will come back up but not as showy/thick.

Commercial caladium growers grow their bulbs in full sun in Florida. The leaves bleach and do not look good, but the bulbs grow large. I doubt that you can produce a large bulb by growing the plants in the shade.