Ideal for GARDEN and CONTAINER PLANTING
How to Grow your Calla Lily:
Callas offer a stunning color pallet for the summer garden. Each bulb produces multiple chalice-like blooms surrounded by uniquely speckled leaves. Plant in well-drained soil in a part to full sun area of your garden. Excellent as a border plant and also makes a show-stopping container planting.
Plant the Calla Lily side with tiny sprout buds facing up
- Planting Location: Full Sun
- Outdoor Planting: January-July after last danger of Frost
- Indoor Planting (use a planter of at least 6" in diameter and use standard potting soil): Plant anytime between January-May
- Planting Depth: max. 2 inches (5 cm)
- Planting Distance: 14 inches (35 cm)
- Flowers In: July-September
- Flowering Height: Approx. 24 inch (60 cm)
Easy to Grow:
1. Select an area with full sun
2. Dig a hole of max 2 inches (5 cm) deep
3. Place the bulb in the hole, side with tiny sprout buds facing up
4. Space bulbs 14 inches (35 cm) apart
5. Cover with soil and water thoroughly
About the Calla (Zantedeschia):
When planting in a planter, be sure that it is at least 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter and well-draining. Standard potting soil is a good mixture for this plant. While Calla Lilies consistently need moist soil, improper drainage can cause rot and fungal diseases. The soil should be moist, but definitely not too soggy. Calla plants grown in planters are usually watered when the first inch or two of the soil is dry to the touch. Brown foliage tips can indicate overwatering.
How to take care of your Calla's after flowering:
After the flowering period, you can lift your Calla's so that you can store them throughout winter and plant again in spring.* Just cut them off at the ground level and dig them up at the end of their flowering time. This is usually mid-Autumn prior to the first frost.
Dust off soil and place the Calla tubers somewhere cool and dry (i.e. on a newspaper) for several days, this allows them to really dry off. These can now be stored in a dark, dry area and a cool spot in some dry peat moss over the winter. Should you live in a warm climate (zone 7 and up), then you can leave the Calla's in the soil. Once spring arrives again and the temperatures turn mild, you can plant your Calla again and enjoy their beauty year after year!
*Please note that TotalGreen Holland cannot guarantee re-growth and blooms after the first year.
