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1. I missed Tyler D. Swift posting above. What plant hardiness zone are yoy located? Did your plants grow back?
2. For Tracy Canalez:
I have to agree with that they are lovely. Are your plants blooming? Small purple will tolerate more shade and will stand moist soil. Big tall white will will also stand wet soil and shade. Yellow spotted leaves types (probably California types) need more sun (6-8 hours) and dryer soil. M<orning Sun is better.Please do not over fertilize. Plants get more diseases and insect pests when fertilized heavily. Caladiums, cannas, elephant ears also have similar habitat requirements. Callas are very hardy and will survive stresses well. Plant callas with any other plant which will not shade them. You have many choices in zone 10.
Callas may go dormant in some areas of zone 10 but may stay evergreen in other. Some varieties require 8-12 week of dormancy to produce blooms following year. Cut back only unsightly leaves. Let me know what happens in the fall.
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I live in NY state. Zone 4 - I got calla lillies for mothers day. They are a very pretty plant. How do I keep them alive and how to replant them in the spring?
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I presume calla lilies are in pots. Water plant regularly to keep soil moist. Fertilize lightly every month. Blooms will bend downwards after seed set. Cut blooms, if you do not want seeds. Cut unsightly leaves. Callas like 8-10 hours of sun (or light). Move pots to dry and cool location after all leaves are dead. Stop watering. Bulbs show sprouts after 8-10 weeks of dormancy. You can keep them dormant till spring in dry and cool place. Replant in new soil in spring. Plant produce blooms only after dormancy. May be planted in the garden and bring bulbs in before feeze.
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I want to use white callas at my wedding in Early September. 1st: When should I begin to plant them? 2nd: Can I grow them in greenhouse? 3rd: Where can I buy seeds or bulbs from to ensure that the plants will be great and not fragile? and 4th, How many can I grow at one time or would it be safer to buy them?
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I live in Michigan and my daughter gave me some beautiful white calla lillies for Mothers Day and I would like to know if I can plant them in my garden or if I should keep them indoors. I would also like to know the best way to care for them. I have never had calla lillies before.
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For G. Morris
I can give you a lot of information on growing callas from seed and bulbs. But the timing is critical because of wedding and it is not easy to do that. Thus, I suggest that you buy calla plants or flowers for your wedding. There are many sources for plants or flowers, you can find on the internet.
For K. Boone
You can plant them in your garden. To avoid sun burn, move them slowly from indoors to full sun. Place plants so that it gets 6-8 hours of sun. Fertilize plants lightly every month. Remove unsightly leaves and blooms. Move plants or bulbs indoors during winter. Store bulbs in cool and dry conditions.
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I live in Iowa and I have just planted calla lillies in my garden.... However, I am concerned because they are starting to bend towards the ground. Is this because the blooms are going away and they are starting to seed?
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Is it because I have them in a shaded area... They get some sun, but not 8-10 hours of full sun.
Are they going to die?
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Blooms bend towards ground after seed set. Cut bend blooms if you do not want seeds. They are not going to die. Partial shade with Four to eight hours sun will be fine. Cut unsightly leaves during growing season. Fertilize lightly every 1-2 months. During winter months, move plant indoors or dig bulbs and store in cool and dry place. Plants will bloom again after 3-12 weeks of dormancy.
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When you mentioned "Remove bloom if it has faded or curving towards ground".... do I remove the whole stemmm/shoot? Or,
just cut the top flower?
Thanks.
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I purchase the most beautiful calla lily I've ever seen from a local nursery in Austin, Tx. The color was so striking, a rich gold and rust combination. When those blooms died I cut them off. The blooms that have come back are almost green with a dark purlish look on the outside. I have them in a pot in bright light. I used Miracle gow to fertilize. What am I doing wrong? How can I get the color back?
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For Ellen
You can just cut top flower or cut the whole stem. I prefer cutting the whole stem. This way you won't have to cut the stem later.
For Vickie
I am at a loss to explain. I have 20 plants in out door landscape, of the variety you mentioned. Only old blooms turn green/dark purple. All new blooms are always come with striking color. What was the Miracle grow blend you used and how much?
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I'm hoping you can help me.
I live in Zone 9. At the end of May, I was given a Calla Lilly in full bloom. I repotted right away, and set it on my front porch (full shade). After reading that they preferred sun, I moved it onto my back porch (full sun in the afternoon). As soon as I moved it there, it started to look wilty, so I moved it back to the full shade. Up until about a week ago, it LOVED that spot. While never reflowering (which I didn't expect anyways), it maintained its beautiful green leaves.
Even though it has been deadly hot here the past few weeks, I only watered every other day or so, since it was in full shade. Again, seemed happy.
Then, about a week ago, the leaves started turning yellow and curling up. (At the same time, it also began attracting aphids.) I have been told that this could mean two things: 1)soft rot or 2)dormancy. From what I have read on this thread and elsewhere, I am guessing dormancy.
If it is dormancy, what steps do I need to take to care for my calla lilly? Do I stop watering? Will it reflower this year? Or is it dormant until next spring? How will I know when it is no longer dormant? Once dormancy is over, what care should be taken?
Any help you can give me would be appreciated. I am relatively new at gardening, but I'm trying to learn all I can to adaquately care for my plants.
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Calla Lillies like a few hours of afternoon sun. However, your plants were in shade and needed to slowely move to a sunny location. Your assumption that yellow leaves means soft rot or dormancy is correct. In soft rot leaves will fall down at ground level and bottom end of leaves will be watery and mushy. In dormancy leaves will slowely dry but will stay errect.
Soft rot is caused by a bacteria (Erwinia). If it is soft rot dig tubers and wash throughly and cut soft rotted part of the tuber. Dry good portion of tuber in partial sun for 1-2 days.
Have you applied any fertilizer during last two months? Lack of nutrients will also cause yellowing of leaves.
You can force dormancy by holding water. In 4-8 weeks tubers will sprout and produce blooms again. I prefer to keep tubers in the ground and let them bloom in spring.
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