Heart to Heart® Heart's Delight™ Caladium

Heart to Heart® Heart's Delight™ is a foliage-grown caladium selected for its distinctive leaf pattern. Strap-like leaves have rich cherry-red centers and green borders. This upright cultivar performs in sun or shade and is recommended for containers, borders, landscape beds, and mass planting. ## Cultivar and display Strap-like leaves have rich cherry-red centers and green borders. This upright cultivar performs in sun or shade and is recommended for containers, borders, landscape beds, and mass planting. Proven Winners lists a mature size of 15–20 inches tall and 8–10 inches wide, and recommends it for containers, borders, landscape beds, and mass planting. The colorful foliage, rather than flowers, is the primary ornamental feature. ## Growing conditions Provide warm conditions and keep the growing medium consistently moist without allowing it to remain soggy. Caladiums are cold-sensitive; in climates with cold winters they are commonly grown as warm-season annuals or in containers that can be moved indoors. The North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox describes caladiums as tuberous plants and recommends lifting and storing tubers dry at 45°F or warmer after frost. Caladium tissues can irritate if ingested. ## Maintenance Keep the soil evenly moist during active growth, avoid cold and waterlogged conditions, and protect the plant from chilling temperatures. Where winters are cold, lift and store tubers in a dry place at 45°F or warmer after frost, or treat the plant as an annual.