Caladium Festivia
"Angel Wings"
Great for shade
Cultivated in Florida, USA
Perfect for pots
Hand packed in paper bags
Tender, move indoors
for winter
Can be grown as a houseplant
Description
When it comes to caladiums, this party animal wants to paint the town red! There’s no contrast more festive than red and green, and Caladium 'Festivia' has it all. The pillar-box red leaves streaked with networks of bright green veins is a contrast so intense that it’s hard to focus on, and that’s what makes this the perfect jazzy number to dash some colour into a shaded part of the summer garden or as a focal point in a minimalistic interior.
Caladium 'Festivia' is tropical variety and likes to be warm and sung with you indoors during spring, like all caladiums it can be slow to start, but once it gets going it pops out some serious foliage until it becomes a full-on luscious leafy delight. Pot up your bulbs indoors in spring, once it’s sprouted you can continue to enjoy it indoors over summer as a house plant, or move it outside where it’ll work well as a bedding plant. Angel Wings are deciduous perennials for summer interest, in autumn they will naturally die back.
Details for Caladium Festivia
Colour:
Pinkish red + green veins
Height:
50-60 cm / 20-24"
Planting season:
Spring
Flowering time:
Summer
Botanical name:
Caladium 'Festivia'
Light requirements:
Shade / partial shade
Soil moisture:
Average
Perennial:
No
Planting & Care
- Plant your Caladium bulbs in spring and grow on in warm, indoor conditions until they have sprouted
- Caladium bulbs require consistent temperatures of around 20C or more to come out of dormancy, they can take around 1-2 months to sprout
- Plant around 5cm deep with the side with 'eyes' facing upwards
- Space the bulbs 15-20cm apart
- Water in from above after planting and repeat when soil appears to be dry on the surface
- Tropical bulbs can be transferred outside from May onwards once sprouted and when the temperatures are warm
- Read more in our planting guide
Delivery schedule
- Orders placed before 1 March 2022
You can expect your order in March 2022 - Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2022
You can expect your order in April 2022 - Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2022
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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