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Red Flash Caladium

Caladium 'Red Flash'

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ZONES  3-11 | Good to grow! Zone
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The large multi-colored leaves of ‘Red Flash’ Fancy Leaf Caladium add lush, long-lasting, tropical color to the shade garden. Each heart-shaped, olive green leaf is painted with a burst of red veining and a splattering of pink freckles that respond with vigor as summer’s heat and humidity build. An exotic foliage accent that’s sure to attract attention – particularly in your containers, beds and borders! (Caladium)

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(12-24” tall x 24” wide), ‘Red Flash’ Fancy Leaf Caladium is sure to please. Each heart-shaped, olive green leaf is painted with a burst of red veining and a splattering of pink freckles – responding with vigor as summer’s heat and humidity get under way. Plant tubers of ‘Red Flash’ caladium in the late spring when evening temperatures are steadily above 65F. Choose a rich, moisture-retentive soil in a shady to partly-shady location. Feed ‘Red Flash’ Caladiums regularly with a balanced fertilizer for vigorous growth. Gardeners can treat ‘Red Flash’ like an annual in the fall, or can choose to dig the tubers before a hard freeze and store in a dark location between 55-60F in vermiculite or sawdust. Once potted back up in the spring, bottom heat will encourage the tubers to re-sprout and get a jump on their summer growth.

Planting & Care

Great color in the shade: Growing Caladiums: Caladiums are beautiful natives of the South American Rain Forests. With their brilliant colors in fascinating designs, and large heart-shaped leaves, they’ve become landscape favorites, especially since they are perfect for shaded areas. They're very easy to grow, but you must take care and remember that they are tropical. This means you can't plant your tubers until the ground has warmed up in spring. In the south, that means May. In the midwest and north, it means from mid-May until mid-June. Planting in cold soil will stunt your Caladiums, and you don't want to do that.

Great for pots. The cold-sensitivity of Caladiums is why they've become big favorites for pots, baskets, and patio planters. If you start them indoors, you can simply put the pots outside once your weather is warm. And in fall, the pots make everything simple. Once your first cold snap wilts the leaves in fall, simply bring you pots inside, let the tops die down, and keep them as they are (in a non-freezing area) until spring, and put them out again. This is how many northern gardeners grow these beauties.

Spectacular Ground Cover: Many gardeners use these colorful plants as a ground cover for shady areas. (Who says you can't have great color in the shade!) Caladiums around trees or in other shady areas have long been beautiful features of southern gardens, but this technique can work anywhere, as long as you don't put out your plants until your soil is good and warm.

Starting your tubers: Plant your tubers with the 'eyes' upward--one tuber to a 4" pot, and 3 tubers in a gallon-size. Use about 1 1/2" of soil over the tubers. Keep them evenly moist and very warm after planting. (Like amaryllis in fall, bottom heat helps sprout these tropical tubers...if you have a warm radiator, try putting your pots there until they're well-sprouted.) Once they're up, liquid fertilizer helps; they respond much like African violets and tuberous begonias to regular feedings.

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As soon as your order is placed you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive a second email the day your order ships telling you how it has been sent. Some perennials are shipped as potted plants, some as perennial roots packed in peat.  The ‘Plant Information’ section describes how that item will ship. All perennials and fall-planted bulbs are packaged to withstand shipping and are fully-guaranteed. Please open upon receipt and follow the instructions included.

Perennials and fall-planted bulbs are shipped at the proper planting time for your Growing Zone. Perennial and fall-planted bulb orders will arrive separately from seeds. If your order requires more than one shipment and all items are shipping to the same address, there is no additional shipping charge. See our shipping information page for approximate ship dates and more detailed information. If you have any questions, please call Customer Service at (802) 227-7200 or contact us by email or chat.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Shade
  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Foliage interest all season

Advantages

  • Easy To Grow
  • Container Planting
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Mature Height

12-24" tall

Bulb Spacing

5 per sq ft

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Flower Bulb Size

#1 (1.5-2.5")

Planting Depth

1-2" deep

Planting Time

  • Spring / Summer

Plant Classification

Introduced Cultivar

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
  • Zone 11

Hardiness Zone

  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9
  • Zone 10
  • Zone 11
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Overall rating: 4.75 / 5 from 4 reviews.

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Outstanding color!

"This is a beautiful Caladium, healthy and growing well, but a lot smaller than I expected. It is in a pot with other plants and cannot be easily seen as of August 1. Hopefully it will grow taller by the end of summer. Next year I will know to plant it differently."

— Acaulis (4/5)

It has flowers!

"These tubers performed beautifully all summer, and even sent up a couple of white blooms that remind me of calla lilies."

— Carol (5/5)

Don't plant too deep

"Planted in a pot and under shade for patio. Make sure the bulb is only about 1" deep. Looks great!"

— Carol (5/5)

Beautiful & very colorful.

"Definitely will buy again & recommend to others."

— Shoeblues (5/5)

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