Miss Muffet Caladium

Miss Muffet Caladium
Caladium 'Miss Muffet'
Height: 12 inches
Spread: 14 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Other Names: Angel Wings, Elephant Ears
Description:
Caladium 'Miss Muffet' foliage
Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder
This stunning variety offers speckles, splashes, and
spectacular contrast; chartreuse leaves with white veins,
spattered with burgundy spots and blush; a great
container or basket plant, indoors or out
Ornamental Features:
Miss Muffet Caladium's attractive heart-shaped leaves remain chartreuse in color with distinctive
burgundy spots and tinges of creamy white throughout the season. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are
ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes:
Miss Muffet Caladium is a dense herbaceous annual bedding plant 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 annual bedding 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.
Miss Muffet Caladium is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
- Hanging Baskets
Plant Characteristics:
Miss Muffet Caladium will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 14 inches. Although
it's not a true annual, this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors
over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.
This annual bedding plant should only be grown in a shady location. 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 plant can be propagated by
multiplication of the underground bulbs.
This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.