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Caladium 'White Christmas': White Leaves with Green Veins

Overview

Caladium 'White Christmas' is a fancy-leaved caladium (angel wings) with large, heart-shaped leaves that are predominantly white with striking green veins. A luminous presence in shade gardens.

Taxonomy

Family:	Araceae (a-RAY-see-ee)
Genus:	Caladium (ka-LAY-dee-um)
Cultivar:	White Christmas
Synonyms:	Cyrtospadix bicolor, Caladium x hortulanum, Caladium bicolor

Culture

Plant tubers in spring after soil warms. Shade to part shade, moist, well-drained soil. Lift in fall in cold zones.

Bulbs: Angel Trumpet Leaf Curl from Whiteflies: Spinosad Treatment; Fancy-Leaf Caladium 'Angel Wings' (Caladium bicolor); Caladium 'Red Flash' (Caladium bicolor); Strap-Leaf Caladium 'Florida Sweetheart' (Caladium); Caladium 'Thai Beauty' (Caladium): Striking Red & Green Leaves; Caladium 'Candidum': White Leaves with Green Veins, Classic Variety; Caladium 'Carolyn Whorton': Pink Leaves with Green Margins; Dwarf Caladium 'Gingerland': White Leaves with Red Spots; Dwarf Caladium 'Miss Muffett': Chartreuse Leaves with Red Spots; Growing Caladium (Angel Wings): Colorful Foliage for Shade Gardens and Containers

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