Bulbs: Where's the pics of all the Caladiums everyone's planted?, 1 by KatG

KatG wrote:
Thank you Janet, Hyblaean and Bill...

Last year was my first year to grow Caladiums and I learned a lot.

When I first ordered my bulbs from Bill in March I planted them and then sat there looking at them everyday wondering when they were going to appear. It seemed to take forever, but that was just me being impatient. It did take a little while as it was an early planting and I now understand that the ground needs to be warm. I really found this out later when I wanted to add some after suggested planting season and ordered them and they were sprouting in 2 weeks!

I know that you all don't have this luxury...but what you trade off in beautiful tulip bulbs that you leave in the ground all year, I get the same thing with Caladiums. It's just a joy to see them poking out of the ground again this year. AND...they're looking good.

It's very satisfying to a Florida gardener...as we don't have many things that go away and then later re-appear! .I just placed another order to plant in my front entry...this time being a little more experienced and trying to plan with height, color and sun/shade conditions in mind. I can't wait to plant and post some photo's!

Yeah...I'll probably still be out there everyday checking them out and wondering when they're going to appear! hahaha.

One thing though...I bought some other Caladium bulbs from places like Home Depot, etc... They couldn't even compare to our Bills!

Kat