Canton--Football HOF, OH (Zone 6a) | January 2013 | positive
These babies add serious wow factor to your shaded to part shaded gardens! When they started sprouting, I couldn't remember what they wer...Read Moree because the sprouts are very unusual looking (at least to me, but it was my first experience with them), but when the leaves unfolded, they took my breath away!
mid central, FL (Zone 9a) | August 2010 | positive
obviously some of these pictures are not 'Red Flash'. vossner's is a true one. this is a very large, almost leathery leaf cultivar and ...Read Moreholds up to wind better than some thinner leaf cultivars.
I planted this caladium here in central SC, zone 8a, and to my delight it survived our cold winter-lowest temp 10f. They returned in mid...Read More May and now they are even more robust than last year.
I got this lovely caladium in the 2007 Caladium4Less coop and it performed beautifully. Many of the bulbs returned in 2008. Some of th...Read Moree leaves are as big as elephant ears!
San Antonio, TX (Zone 8b) | October 2003 | positive
San Antonio, Tx.
'Red Flash' has hardly any white and is a sturdy caladium. The neighborhood's roaming cats haven't demolished it ...Read Moreyet! Because it is heavily mulched with spahgnum moss (the kind you top off container plantings to hide the dirt), I do not have to worry about watering it all the time during the hottest part of the summer. In 108 degree temperatures this summer, it never skipped a beat (although I did provide it a little extra water, naturally). It is still performing excellently in October. We haven't had any "cold spells" yet.
Update - 6/28/2018 - Many photos that are posted are not 'Red Flash'. Mine are as are several other photos. This has been one of my favorites for many years not only for the colors; but, also because it is very sturdy as well as heat tolerance.
'Red Flash' is a medium-height Caladium, with pink/red center with white splotches and surrounded by a wide band of green border. ...Read More
Caladiums can be potted up in early spring, and kept in the greenhouse to get an early start on spring growth, or directly planted once soil is warm and danger of frost is past. Regular watering will keep them growing all season.
Lift tubers in the fall, and store in moist, cool (but not cold) peat or other medium. Or can be treated as a warm-season annual.
These babies add serious wow factor to your shaded to part shaded gardens! When they started sprouting, I couldn't remember what they wer...Read More
obviously some of these pictures are not 'Red Flash'. vossner's is a true one. this is a very large, almost leathery leaf cultivar and ...Read More
I planted this caladium here in central SC, zone 8a, and to my delight it survived our cold winter-lowest temp 10f. They returned in mid...Read More
I got this lovely caladium in the 2007 Caladium4Less coop and it performed beautifully. Many of the bulbs returned in 2008. Some of th...Read More
San Antonio, Tx.
'Red Flash' has hardly any white and is a sturdy caladium. The neighborhood's roaming cats haven't demolished it ...Read More
'Red Flash' is a medium-height Caladium, with pink/red center with white splotches and surrounded by a wide band of green border.
...Read More