Want to grow a Caladium bicolor plant in your home garden? Check out these must-have, easy-to-grow Caladium varieties!
The Caladium bicolor plant is one of the most desirable houseplants thanks to its large leaves and stunning natural variegation in white, red, and pink shades. It’s popular with nicknames like “Elephant Ear Plant,” “Angel’s Wings,” “Fancy Leaf Caladium,” and “Heart of Jesus.”
1. Summer Breeze
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Summer Breeze’
- Variegation: Green leaves with white central variegation with bright pink veins
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Full shade
- Soil Texture: Well-drained, moist
This Caladium cultivar looks straight out of a dreamland. It shows amazing, large milky white variegation with dramatic pink veining and bright green edges. Fully grown, this plant looks dense with its large size leaves.
2. Pink Symphony
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Pink Symphony’
- Variegation: Translucent light or baby pink leaves with thin green and white veining
- Height: Up to 15 inches
- Light: Bright indirect sunlight
- Soil Texture: Well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH
This strap-leaved short-height Caladium variety looks mesmerizing with its full light pink foliage with light green veins all over. The green variegation of the leaves may change depending on the amount of light the plant gets.
3. Gingerland
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Gingerland’
- Variegation: Milky white leaves with cranberry freckles and green edges
- Light: Partial to Full Exposure
- Height: 12 to 18 inches
- Soil Texture: Well-drained, moist
This Caladium variety features milky white foliage with tiny to small freckles in cranberry-red color and deep green edges. This gorgeous plant can grow well in containers and small bedside pots.
4. Miss Muffet
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Miss Muffet’
- Variegation: Light lime green leaves with dark pink/red/maroon freckles with light red veins
- Height: 10 to 15 inches
- Light: Partial shade (can tolerate full sun for only up to 2 hours)
- Soil Texture: Well-draining soil with a slightly acidic pH (5.5 – 6.5)
Miss Muffet is a unique strap-leaved Caladium cultivar that features very light lime color foliage with red, dark pink, or maroon freckles. In its fully mature stage, it may show red veins as well.
5. Florida Elise
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Floria Elise’
- Variegation: Green leaves with irregular light pink and white patches
- Height: 18 to 25 inches (Up to 30 inches)
- Light: Partial to full shade
- Soil Texture: Well-drained, moist
This is a must-have Caladium cultivar in an indoor garden. Its large size, heart-shaped green leaves with light pink and white blotches add a bright contrast to common indoor plants with green foliage!
6. Strawberry Star
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Strawberry Star’
- Variegation: Light lime leaves with small dark red/maroon and light pink blotches and dark green veins and edges
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Bright indirect/shaded sunlight
- Soil Texture: Rich, well-draining, moist soil
Known for its large, heart-shaped leaves in a shade of light lime color decorated with light pink and dark red freckles or small patches and dark green veins and edges. When kept in a humid climate, this easy-to-grow Caladium easily stands out in home gardens.
7. Desert Sunset
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Desert Sunset’
- Variegation: Bright crimson red leaves with dark red/maroon/copper veins and edges
- Height: 12 to 14 inches
- Light: Bright indirect sunlight (filtered morning sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Rich, well-draining, moist soil
Desert Sunset Caladium is known for its fully variegated bright red leaves with dark red or copper veins and edges. Its unique and vibrant foliage suits its nickname, Desert Sunset, perfectly. While this plant has a medium height, its leaves are expansive!
8. Southern Charm
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Southern Charm’
- Variegation: White leaves with a thin green border and large bright red veins emerging thin light red veins
- Height: 12 to 18 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade in bright light (full morning sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Well-draining, moist soil
This variety features fancy large leaves in a milky white shade with bold red or dark pink thick veins emerging from the center into small, thin veins connecting to the thick green edge. As the plant matures, the edges of the foliage may also grow into brownish-green color.
9. Rose Bud
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘RoseBud’
- Variegation: Green leaves with white central variegation with bright pink veins
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Full shade
- Soil Texture: Well-drained, moist
This fancy-leaf Caladium variety is admired for its stunning bicolor variegation. The center of the leaves has a beautiful light-to-dark pink variegation merging with thin white blotches, ending in thick green edges. The amount of white variegation in the leaves might vary from plant to plant.
10. Candyland
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Candyland’
- Variegation: Snow white leaves with pink freckles and dark green edges
- Height: 12 to 18 inches
- Light: Shades bright light
- Soil Texture: Warm, well-drained but moist soil
Just like its name, this Caladium looks like a Candyland with adorable pink or red freckles on green leaves with snow-white variegation and veins at the center. This variety requires filtered bright light to maintain its beautiful soft foliage colors.
11. White Queen
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘White Queen’
- Variegation: White leaves with scarlet red/hot pink veins and green edges
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade (with full sun for 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Rich, well-draining, slightly acidic soil
This Caladium really looks just like the queen of variegated plants, thanks to its large, fancy frosty white foliage with scarlet or hot pink and green veins and green edges. The plant bears medium to large size leaves when fully mature.
12. Red Flash
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Red Flash’
- Variegation: Dark green leaves with dark red/pink variegation at the center and veins and tiny white or light pink freckles
- Height: 18 to 30 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade
- Soil Texture: Warm, well-draining, moist, acidic soil
Red Flash Caladium is known for its tiny flashing white and light spots on large, fancy, heart-shaped dark green leaves with dark red or pink variegation and veins. This Caladium grows one the largest leaves in its family!
13. Candidum
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Candidum’
- Variegation: White leaves with dark green veins
- Height: 12 to 20 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade (full sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Rich, well-draining, moist soil
If you love plants with single-color variegation, the Candidum is the perfect Caladium cultivar for you. It features large, heart-shaped leaves in a frosty white shade with dark green veins. This plant is easy to grow as it can tolerate full sun for up to 3-4 hours.
14. Carolyn Whorton
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Carolyn Whorton’
- Variegation: Dark green leaves with pink variegation & scarlet red veining
- Height: 18 to 30 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade (full sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Rich, well-draining, moist soil
The Carolyn Whorton Caladium variety shows off its large, dark green heart-shaped leaves with bold red veins and pink variegation! The amount of light pink variegation on the leaves can vary depending on the climate and light.
15. Postman Joyner
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Postman Joyner’
- Variegation: Dark green leaves with bright red variegation at the center
- Height: 12 to 25 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade in bright light (full sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Well-draining, moist soil
This is one dramatic Caladium looking fierce with its large bright red variegated leaves with thick, dark green margins. A strap-leaved variety, this plant will become a show-stopper in your garden.
16. White Dynasty
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘White Dynasty’
- Variegation: Foliage with milky white centers and dark green borders
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade in bright light (full morning sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Well-draining, moist soil
Bicolor White Dynasty Caladium looks stunning with white variegation on the large, heart-shaped dark green leaves. This sun-tolerant variety is easy to grow and maintain, as long as you maintain high humidity levels.
17. Aaron
- Botanical Name: Caladium ‘Aaron’
- Variegation: Creamy white leaves with white veins and thick green borders
- Height: 12 to 24 inches
- Light: Partial to full shade in bright light (full morning sun up to 2-4 hours)
- Soil Texture: Well-draining, moist soil
This is a medium-height Caladium that bears large, white heart-shaped leaves with green veins and edges when mature. With its dreamy white foliage, this plant literally appears to be covered in snow!
Caladium comes in several varieties that look out of this world. While some Caladium cultivars might look like wild plants, they’re pretty easy to grow and care for at home! If you want more such unusual indoor plants for your home garden, check out this list of 15 exotic houseplants now!
