Long featured in bridal bouquets, calla lilies are now tempting growers with pastel, speckled and golden blooms. News. ... rarely found in the wild. Pink calla (Z. rehmanii) likes coarse acidic soil.

Calla lily ( Zantedeschia aethiopica) ... In the wild, these bulbs go dormant, resting for the next year’s flowering season. The lush leaves are shaped like a garden spade and are.

If you’re home from work and champing at the bit to DO SOMETHING! Planting bulbs now for summer blossoms might be just your ticket. I recently got some calla lilies and sword lilies and planted ...

If you choose to plant your calla lily rhizomes outside, however, consider planting them in free-draining soil in a raised bed - and plant each rhizome around 30cm apart.

The calla lily is quite flexible and will grow in almost any soil, although it needs to be well drained, so the bulb does not start to rot. Plants should be in full sun.

Although calla lilies will grow in full sun, the foliage often loses its rich green color and tends to look yellowish. Deep shade, on the other hand, will limit flower production.

I love the beautiful creamy white of calla lilies. Equally as striking are colored varieties that are also elegant with their stately blooms and long, simple leaves. A calla lily ...

Planting calla lilies outside. The plants are not members of the lily family, and are native to southern Africa, which place them in zones 8 to 10.

Elegant calla lilies come in a variety of colors accompanied by handsome lance-shaped leaves. Calla lily flowers (Zantedeschia) look elegant in pots, in the garden and in cut-flower bouquets. If ...

Calla lilies are perennial but in our USDA Hardiness zone 7 go into dormancy when temperatures drop into the 40s. Rhizomes need to be lifted before a freeze as they are tender and sensitive to frost.