Calla Lily
Lovely Indoors or Out!
Dig up the bulb before hard frost and replant it next spring!
- Genus: Zantedeschia
- Species: aethiopica
- Item Form: Bulb
- Zone: 8 - 10
- Bloom Start to End: Early Summer - Late Summer
- Habit: Upright
- Plant Height: 24 in - 3 ft
- Plant Width: 18 in - 24 in
- Bloom Size: 3 in - 4 in
- Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year, Easy Care Plants, Free Bloomer, Indoor Growing, Long Bloomers
- Bloom Color: White
- Foliage Color: Dark Green
- Light Requirements: Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade
- Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained, Wet
- Resistance: Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Beds, Border, Containers, Cut Flowers, Houseplant, Outdoor
- Restrictions:
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The classic Calla Lily, immortalized in painting and tapestry for centuries, and yet so easy to grow in home or garden! The large white flowers are elegant, long-lasting, and very dependable, and the plant thrives in sun or deep shade and moist areas that most other bulbs can't tolerate. What more could one ask?
The huge 3- to 4-inch blooms of purest white open wide for greater color show, revealing the neat pastel-yellow spadix within. And even when these 2- to 3-foot-high, 1-to-2-foot-wide plants aren't blooming, the glossy, arrow-shaped foliage adds great texture to the garden. Expect the blooms in late spring or early summer -- about 2 months from planting time, or year-round when grown as a houseplant. (Just give it a 3-month dormancy period at some point during the year.)
Calla Lily thrives in sunny or shady beds in the summer garden, as well as in containers of all kinds. In all but tropical areas, the bulbs should be dug up in fall and stored indoors for replanting in spring (or the container moved to a frost-free area, such as indoors near a bright window). Every few years, when the flowering diminishes, dig up the bulb in early fall and divide it into new plants. Feed heavily during the growth period for even bigger, better blooms! You will love this easy, adaptable plant!
The classic Calla Lily, immortalized in painting and tapestry for centuries, and yet so easy to grow in home or garden! The large white flowers are elegant, long-lasting, and very dependable, and the plant thrives in sun or deep shade and moist areas that most other bulbs can't tolerate. What more could one ask?
The huge 3- to 4-inch blooms of purest white open wide for greater color show, revealing the neat pastel-yellow spadix within. And even when these 2- to 3-foot-high, 1-to-2-foot-wide plants aren't blooming, the glossy, arrow-shaped foliage adds great texture to the garden. Expect the blooms in late spring or early summer -- about 2 months from planting time, or year-round when grown as a houseplant. (Just give it a 3-month dormancy period at some point during the year.)
Calla Lily thrives in sunny or shady beds in the summer garden, as well as in containers of all kinds. In all but tropical areas, the bulbs should be dug up in fall and stored indoors for replanting in spring (or the container moved to a frost-free area, such as indoors near a bright window). Every few years, when the flowering diminishes, dig up the bulb in early fall and divide it into new plants. Feed heavily during the growth period for even bigger, better blooms! You will love this easy, adaptable plant!