I've had a hard time growing caladiumses before, but I grew these from bulbs. They came out late in the Spring and I had begun to doubt that they ever would, but I would consider this to be a good success. Also, the thing in the middle - it was a weed of some sort growing in one of my flowerbeds, but it seemed to be growing very well and I didn't have anything in this container at the time, so I figured I'd transplant it into the container. It's doing very well also.