These bulbs have different light requirements. Cannas are sun lovers and caladiums are shade fans. You can actually plant the two in the same pot. Look for such as Black Knight, Gypsy Rose and Florida Elise. Or better yet, experiment yourself and see which combinations you like best or which seem to perform the best in your location. Start caladium tubers in a smaller peat pot indoors, if possible. Then transplant outside in containers. Be sure your pot has drainage holes. Fo

Plasmopara obducens. The symptoms are; yellow or stippled leaves, leaves that curl downward, white downy growth on the undersides of the leaves, leaf and flower drop and total plant collapse. They may be infected before you bring them home and develop once they have been planted. There are many alternatives. SunPatiens for one. They are not affected by the disease. They are easy to grow and spread more widely than the regular impatiens.  Then there are the begonias. The waxle