If you want your garden full of these magnificent creatures, Calla lilies are a premium choice. These flowers are entirely deer and rabbit resistant which make them an excellent choice for an unfenced garden. Perhaps you can think about making a Calla lilies fence along your property. Why not? Use Calla lilies to fill empty space in your garden in early summer before other flowers flourish.
Just put at least three rhizomes in the same hole between other plants, and enjoy fireworks colors from the first day of the summer. Just prepare everything you usually use for seeding:. For Calla Lilies, you should find a sunny place with plenty of light. However, these flowers need to be protected from the full sun throughout the day.
Try to locate them at the position with afternoon shade. Callas can be very picky and require well-drained, but continuously moist soil. If you have any stream, pond, or any other artificial wet soil in your garden, your Callas will entirely enjoy, and you can expect constant and lush flowering in return. The springtime from March to May is a perfect period for planting Calla lilies. After the soil warms to 60 F Mix them with the soil, make two to four inches cm deep hole and put three, five, or seven bulbs in it.
Try to lower the smooth side of the rhizome down while the bumpy side should be facing up. After planting rhizome, put a thin layer of organic mulch on the top. That way you will reduce evaporation and consequential loss of water. Just be sure that holes are at least six to twelve inches cm apart from each other. Take care that your Callas need soil that always stays moderately moist. In such conditions, expect them to bloom until late summer.
In autumn, before the appearance of frost, move your plants indoors and let them rest. If you decide to leave bulbs in the ground during winter, you should divide and replant them every few years to stimulate better growth and lush flowering. You can also dig the rhizomes from the garden and store them into the pot in a dry room. Provide a dry place for them and take care that the temperature is not lower than 55 F 13 C. When spring comes, prepare the soil and replant Callas in the garden.
If you fulfill many demands this flower has, you will get a healthy, beautiful plant which blossoms every single year. It requires moist soil, but not excessive watering. It would be enough to water your Callas when spotting that soil is lightly dry, but be careful and never overdo.
If you not sure how often you need to water your plants, you should make a simple test. After planting, water the soil thoroughly and pay attention to it over the next few weeks. Then, check the moisture at a depth of about one inch 2. If the soil is dry, you should water your flowers carefully.
If not, you should wait with watering. Since Callas begin to grow in autumn, try to keep them at temperatures from 50 to 60 F C during this period. In the growth phase, this flower likes the warmer location.
Once flowering period comes, the partially shady place will be perfect for this lovely flower. Expect ideal blooming if you live in the region where the average temperatures are not below 70 F 21 C. If you live at the colder regions, just pick out varieties that tolerate lower temperatures. Regularly add liquid fertilizer to the water and fertilize your Callas while blossoming in the spring and summer.
Repeat the process once or twice a month until early autumn. While bulbs need fertilizer more often, once your Callas bloom, you can stop fertilizing. Trimming is not a big deal when you grow Callas.
Just cut off yellow leaves and withered blossoms. However, you can always put some of the blooms into a vase if you like that way. Keep in mind that it is a better option to cut stems as close as possible to the root tube.
It is also a good idea to trim your plants above the bulbs before winter rest. Unfortunately, Calla lilies are prone to various diseases. Usually, the main reasons for these conditions are over-watering and the poor quality soil. Some people can experience skin irritation, rash, and allergic reaction even if they touch this plant or when they come in contact with excreting from the leaves that contain irritants. Try to keep your children and pets far away from this flower if you want to enjoy its beauty without any fear.
If you notice symptoms such as mouth burning, tongue swelling, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea after accidental ingestion a part of the plant, you need to contact your doctor right away. Can you tell me why my cala lilies are not opening wide.
I have had them for approx. What am I doing wrong? My Arums are black deep purple on the top but green on the underside of the flower with the arrow shaped leaves. They bloom in the winter. I live in Phoenix Ariz. We repotted our lilies from the nursery and placed them on the north side of the house entrance. How to Propagate Spider Lilies Bulbs. Growing Flowers.
How to Care for a Sago Palm Trees. How to Feed Lilac Bushes Shrubs. How to Kill Cattails Outdoor Growing. How to Fertilize Calla Lilies. How to Fertilize Calla Lilies Fertilize calla lilies throughout their growing season, using a plant food that contains more phosphorous than nitrogen.
To ensure you get the best blooms on your calla lilies Zantedeschia spp. You can use the same kind of fertilizer throughout the growing season, but calla lilies planted in the ground outdoors have nutritional needs different from callas in containers. When ingested, all portions of calla lilies are poisonous and can cause death; wear waterproof gloves when you handle the plants, and keep the gloves away from your face.
Begin fertilizing calla lilies in spring when you plant or replant their bulbs in the ground or in containers. Callas are hardy year-round outdoors in U. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through Adjust the liquid amount to allow you to roll the mixture by hand into sticks.
Let the sticks dry in the sun before using with the lilies. Joshua Bush has been writing from Charlottesville, Va. He has authored several articles in peer-reviewed science journals in the field of tissue engineering. Bush holds a Ph. By Joshua Bush. Related Articles. Fertilize in the Fall The best time to fertilize bulb plants such as the calla lily is in late October and November or during the initial planting. Type of Fertilizer General purpose fertilizers that contain equal amounts of all the major nutrients will perform well with calla lilies.
Spring Fertilization When the calla lilies first sprout through the surface in the spring, you may add another round of fertilizer.
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