Caladium calamity?
Question: I dug and potted fancy-leaved caladiums from my flower garden before the first frost and placed them in a sunny window to grow them indoors during winter. The large, colorful leaves are collapsing and the new growth is less than half their original size. What am I doing wrong? – Betty Answer: Caladiums, in general, don’t make good houseplants. They require high humidity and good light (but protection from strong sun). As soon as the heating season begins, the humidity in the home drops and the leaf size is diminished. Let the plants go dormant and plant them in the garden in the spring. The tubers can be taken out of the soil, cleaned, and allowed to dry. Store the tubers in dry sand, peat moss, or vermiculite, in a temperature of 60 to 65 degrees F. Perennials, Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) produces spikes of light-blue flowers from midsummer into fall and, common toad lily (Tricyrtis hirta) with white or yellow, purple-spotted flowers atop 2- to 3-ft., stems in l
