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Tapestry Caladium

Caladium 'Tapestry'

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Tapestry Caladium (Caladium 'Tapestry') at Roger's Gardens

Tapestry Caladium foliage

Tapestry Caladium foliage

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Height:  15 inches

Spacing:  6 inches

Sunlight:  partial shade  full shade 

Hardiness Zone:  9b

Other Names:  Angel Wings

Description:

This stunning, sun tolerant variety offers mottled white and green leaves with brilliant scarlet red veins; a wonderful shade landscape accent, or addition to patio containers

Ornamental Features

Tapestry Caladium's attractive heart-shaped leaves remain white in color with distinctive scarlet veins and tinges of dark green throughout the season on a plant with a mounded habit of growth.

Landscape Attributes

Tapestry Caladium is a dense herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other garden plants with finer foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Tapestry Caladium is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Accent
  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Tapestry Caladium will grow to be about 15 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 6 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by multiplication of the underground bulbs; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Tapestry Caladium is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
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Accent  Massing  Garden  Container  Basket 
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