Caladium bicolor "Red Flash" 3.5" nursery pot
Caladium are beautiful tropical houseplants native to South and Central America prized for their colorful, often extravagant heart shaped foliage. They have voodoo lily-like flowers that are short lived and considered by many to be unremarkable and inconspicuous. They are mostly shade lovers, though some can tolerate partial sun. Caladium companion well with other tropical houseplants like bananas and begonias. They grow best when allowed to go dormant for a short period of time in the winter.
Caladium bicolor (Angel Wings, C. hortulanum) "Red Flash" is a fascinating cultivar with large to extra large sized deep green heart shaped leaves with bleeding crimson red veins with pink or white spots. This large variety can get up to three feet tall and can tolerate partial sun. It likes more light than most other varieties. Like other tropical plants Red Flash likes some humidity and tolerates high humidity well. These are winter hardy in USDA zones 9 and up.
This is a houseplant difficulty level 2; moderate difficulty, fairly easy to care for and forgiving of small to medium error.
This listing is for single plants in 3.5 inch nursery pots. Receipt and care instructions included. All plants are certified Grown in Montana.
For our customers in Hawaii, kindly consider we must ship our plants semi-bare-root due to Hawaii state restrictions on shipping with soil. We will provide a clearly labeled clean nursery pot and a small bag of our all-natural Bunny Beans fertilizer for potting.
Orders of $35 or more containing live plants receive a free sample bag of our excellent all-natural Bunny Beans fertilizer. Orders of $35 or more additionally enjoy free standard shipping!
Please note we only ship live potted plants Mondays and Tuesdays to minimize the chance the plants will sit in an adverse environment over the weekend. Orders made after 8:00 pm MST Monday through Sunday will ship the following Monday or Tuesday. We only ship the perishable live potted plants by expedited shipping methods to better assure they reach you in the best condition possible.
