How to Use caladium in a Sentence

caladium

noun
  • There are more than 40 varieties of caladiums, which are in the jack-in-the pulpit family.
    Bonnie Gross, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 July 2018
  • The caladium is one of the best and most reliable warm season bedding plant for shady areas.
    NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • To keep the foliage in good shape through the summer, make sure caladiums are well watered during hot, dry weather.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 17 June 2017
  • Plant caladium tubers or started plants in the garden this month through June.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2019
  • Use begonias, coleus, or caladium for color in the shade.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 28 June 2019
  • Wax leaf begonias, pentas, caladium and coleus perform well in the shade.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 25 June 2020
  • Expect caladiums and some gingers to start to decline and go dormant until spring.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Aug. 2017
  • In a new caladium series called Heart to Heart, Schmitt said, there are a wide variety of new plants in beautiful colors that are sun and shade tolerant.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Generally speaking, the damage to caladiums (holes) caused by caterpillars is not so bad as to ruin the appearance of a planting.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 17 June 2017
  • Obtain durable color for summer from bush daisy, caladium coleus, pentas and zinnias.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
  • Persian shield grows about four to six feet tall and is striking used as a background plant in a shady bed of lilac, white or pink impatiens, white or pink caladiums, ferns, purple heart, peacock ginger and other shade loving plants.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 28 Apr. 2019
  • Some varieties of pansies, marigold, petunia and caladium flowers can also be planted for a fall or winter garden in Florida.
    Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • In the shade consider planting begonias, pentas, caladium and coleus.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 23 Apr. 2020
  • Generally, strapleaf caladiums tolerate more sun; fancy-leaf types want some shade.
    Kathy Huber, Houston Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Now is a good time to plant warm-season bedding plants, including pentas, begonia, blue daze, coleus, caladium, lantana, torenia and angelonia, that will provide colorful flowers until the end of summer.
    Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Bulbs: Achimenes, agapanthus, blood lilies, bulbine, caladiums, calla lilies, cannas, crinums, day lilies, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lilies, peacock ginger, society garlic, spider lilies and rain lilies.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Leafy tropicals and other foliage plants including begonias, caladiums, coleus, cannas, ferns, dracaenas and philodendrons can be used for dramatic effect in the shade container.
    Adrian Higgins, sacbee, 11 May 2018
  • Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, bulbine, caladium, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, spiderwort, rain lily and walking iris.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 June 2019
  • Bulb-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, agapanthus, amaryllis, blackberry lily, bulbine, caladiums, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, rain lily and walking iris.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
  • Bulbs-type plants: Achimenes, African iris, agapanthus, amaryllis, blackberry lily, bulbine, caladiums, canna, crinum, crocosmia, day lily, eucharis lily, gladiolus, gloriosa lily, peacock ginger, society garlic, rain lily and walking iris.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
  • Plant summer blooming bulbs including cannas, callas, caladiums, dahlias, gladiolus, lilies, tuberose, tuberous begonia, Nerine, Tigridia pavonia and Watsonia.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Of these, 300 new and beneficial plants were introduced into Florida’s landscape, including palms, caladiums, hybrid amaryllis, hybrid magnolias, camellias and bromeliads.
    Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2018
  • Southern California Plant summer-blooming bulbs, corms, and tubers, including acidanthera, agapanthus, tuberous begonias, caladiums, calla lilies, dahlias, daylilies, gladiolus, iris, ixia, montbretias, tiger flowers, tuberoses, and watsonias.
    Thad Orr, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018

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