Calla lilly care?
Question:I recently got a lovely little calla lilly from my boyfriend and would desperately like to keep the poor thing alive( after having killed the past 2 plants!) I am a real rookie when it comes to plants and gardening but need to start somewhere, so if you could try keep it as simple as possible that would be great. At the moment im keeping it in a pot indoors, with just a bit of morning sun. It was flowering when i got it but now they're dying off .. what do I do now is my question? Do I leave the now dead flowers to drop off on their own and should I cut back on the watering, I've come across all sorts of different advise but not sure which to take... the leaves seem pretty healthy and there's even a couple new ones coming up, so this is all very exciting ... any advise on this would be most appreciated.. thanks (I am currently in the south of england so the weather's warming up)
Answers:
Calla Lilies (Zantedeschia) are NOT indoor plants! They are perennials from rhizomes. I am sure that they will grow well in the in South of England!! I live in California ( near San Francisco) -- so I think that I have weather very near you! My plants do best in shady areas (under trees) , which also protect them from frost in the winter.
They LOVE moist, even boggy, soil. There is no such thing as TOO much water!! Depending on the species, they need full sun to partial shade!!
Cut off any dead flowers. All of the leaves may DISAPPEAR in the late summer!! Don't panic -- this is the natural process. They will be back in the spring - once warm rains appear!
Good Luck!
My husband bought me two calla lily plants this year i have never kept them before but they seem to take care of themselves. They flowered after we had purchased them and as the flowers died i cut them off. Within a week or two there were more flowers and they are still in bloom. I have them planted out in the garden next to the pond and they obviously dont mind all the rain we are having.
Surprisingly enough, Callas love water so much you can pot them up and grow them as an aquatic. I grow them in US Zone 5 though it is supposed to be too cold to grow them here. They are a tough plant!
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