30 Caladium Plants Varieties with Names and Pictures


Caladiums also called Elephant Ear, Angel Wings or Heart of Jesus Plant are popular vibrant plants with striking arrow-shaped, paper thin and beautifully marked leaves.

There are over 1000 cultivars of Caladiums. Most Caladium cultivars grow to about 24 inches high and 24 inches wide, although there are dwarf varieties in cultivation now. Caladiums are some of the best large-leafed plants that will create a bold statement in any space.

Caladium Plants Collage

Caladiums are tropical plants native to South America and Central America and naturalized in India, parts of Africa and various tropical islands.

Keep Caladiums out of reach of children and pets as they are toxic to both humans and pets. If ingested they may cause burning in the mouth and throat, drooling, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pains.

Generally, Caladiums thrive in medium to bright, indirect light, average warmth of 15-260C, humidity of 55-65% and moderately moist, well-drained, all purpose soils coupled with regular feeding in the growing season. Read more on how to grow, care for & propagate Caladium hortulanum.

If you would like to add Caladiums to your collection, we have outlined herebelow 30 Caladium varieties that you can choose from.

30 Vibrant Caladium Varieties Your Can Grow at Home

Our list of the popular Caladium varieties includes Caladium Blushing Bride, Caladium Broken Heart, Caladium Burning Heart, Caladium candidum, Caladium Cranberry Star, Caladium Dawn to Dusk, Caladium Daydreamer among others.

1. Caladium Blushing Bride

Caladium Blushing Bride

Caladium Blushing Bride features large, strappy, heart-shaped leaves with dark-pink centers, lighter pink veins and dark-green edges.

2. Caladium Broken Heart

Caladium Broken Heart

Caladium Broken Heart is characterized by large, two-toned (green and red), heart-shaped leaves with white spots scattered on the leaf surface.

3. Caladium Burning Heart

Caladium Burning Heart

Caladium Burning Heart features large, heart-shaped, rusty-red leaves with pink to orange spots making it a sight to behold.

4. Caladium candidum

Caladium candidum

Caladium candidum offers an elegant and clean appearance with its white leaves and green veins.

5. Caladium Cranberry Star

Caladium Cranberry Star

Caladium Cranberry Star is characterized by large white leaves with dark green veins and pink dots.

6. Caladium Dawn to Dusk

Caladium Dawn to Dusk

Caladium Dawn to Dusk features ruffled, dark-green leaves with white veins and deep-pink to maroon markings between the veins.

7. Caladium Daydreamer

Caladium Daydreamer

Caladium Daydreamer bears large, attractive, ruffled, creamish-pink leaves with dark-red markings and dark-green leaf margins making it look like a piece of artwork.

8. Caladium Florida Beauty

Caladium Florida Beauty

Caladium Florida Beauty is one of the prettiest Caladium cultivars. It features large leaves with light and dark green variegations and hot-pink markings.

9. Caladium Freckles

Caladium Freckles

Caladium Freckles is a sun-loving variety characterized by medium-sized, heart-shaped, light-green leaves with pink and white spots.

10. Caladium Heart and Soul

Caladium Heart and Soul

Caladium Heart and Soul features large, heart-shaped leaves with green, white, pink, and red variegations.

11. Caladium Hearts Delight

Caladium Hearts Delight

Caladium Hearts Delight bears large, heart-shaped, dark-green leaves with pink veins and white markings on the leaf surface.

12. Caladium Just Saucy

Caladium Just Saucy

Caladium Just Saucy features large, arrow-shaped, rusty-orange leaves with creamy-white centers and green-margins.

13. Caladium Lemon Blush

Caladium Lemon Blush

Caladium Lemon Blush bears large, heart-shaped, lime-green leaves with rose-red centers and red veins.

14. Caladium Pink Beauty

Caladium Pink Beauty

Caladium Pink Beauty features large, light-pink leaves with red veins and green margins giving it a soft and charming effect.

15. Caladium Pink Splash

Caladium Pink Splash

Caladium Pink Splash bears large, arrow-shaped, pink leaves with green veins, white spots and green leaf margins.

16. Caladium Pink Symphony

Caladium Pink Symphony

Caladium Pink Symphony exhibits strappy, pink leaves with green edges and veins which offers an eye-catching experience in any space.

17. Caladium Pretty Pink

Caladium Pretty Pink

Caladium Pretty Pink offers beautiful, soft-pink, paper-like leaves with a darker pink veins, making it perfect for a table top plant.

18. Caladium Puppy Love

Caladium Puppy Love

Caladium Puppy Love features pink leaves with darker veins and dark-green leaf margins which makes a great addition to any plant collection.

19. Caladium Red Devil

Caladium Red Devil

Caladium Red Devil is a spectacular plant with striking red leaves and bronze colored leaf edges with a metallic shine on the leaf surface.

20. Caladium Red Flash

Caladium Red Flash

Caladium Red Flash bears striking red leaves with contrasting green borders and veins. The leaf color intensity will vary with light conditions.

21. Caladium Rosebud

Caladium Rosebud

Caladium Rosebud features rose-pink leaves with green margins, exhibiting a unique leaf shape which resembles rosebuds.

22. Caladium Starburst

Caladium Starburst

Caladium Starburst bears strappy, pink leaves with white veins and green margins making it one of the prettiest of the pink cultivars.

23. Caladium Sweetheart

Caladium Sweetheart

Caladium Sweetheart features large, heart-shaped, hot-pink leaves with darket veins and green margins. It is ideal for a table-top or a hanging basket.

24. Caladium Tears of the Sun

Caladium Tears of the Sun

Caladium Tears of the Sun exhibits large, heart-shaped, lime-green leaves with hot-pink coloring in the center and along the veins.

25. Caladium Tiki Torch

Caladium Tiki Torch

Caladium Tiki Torch is characterized by large, strappy, heart-shaped, scarlet red leaves with deeper red veins and light green margins.

26. Caladium White Cap

Caladium White Cap

Caladium White Cap features large, heart-shaped, light-green leaves with white variegations around the veins and is perfect for the sunny spots.

27. Caladium White Christmas

Caladium White Christmas

Caladium White Christmas bears white leaves with green veining which makes it perfect for adding brightness to shaded areas in the home.

28. Caladium White Diamond

Caladium White Diamond

Caladium White Diamond is a sun-loving cultivar characterized by strappy, white leaves with dark-green borders.

29. Caladium White Marble

Caladium White Marble

Caladium White Marble features glossy dark-green leaves with a white in the center, white veins and white spots on the leaf surface. It is one of the hardy Caladium varieties.

30. Caladium White Queen

Caladium White Queen

Caladium White Queen features large heart-shaped leaves with a white background and green veins which often have pink or red markings on the edges.

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