Red Flash Caladium (Caladium 'Red Flash') - foliage plant, illustrated plant card

Red Flash Caladium

Caladium 'Red Flash'

Red Flash Caladium is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.

Bloom time
Foliage plant
Hardiness
Zones 9–11
Sun
Part shade
Water
High water
Mature size
1.3 ft × 1.3 ft
Type
Annual
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Growing Red Flash Caladium

Plant it in part shade. It prefers high water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 1.3 ft tall and 1.3 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year.

When to plant Red Flash Caladium

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Red Flash Caladium into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar: for the middle of its range, start with zone 9 in February.

The Caladium family

One of 5 in the Caladium family. Same plant, same care.

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