I have had the white calla lilies for many years now, I always plant in pots so I don't have a hole to fill in the ground at the end of the season. I have to keep the bulbs in the basement for the winter...too cold here for them.. I found a sale at Lowe's in another town for a package of calla bulbs for only 50 cents each, I bought a number of them..they had the bright yellow ones... pink ones... ones called flame... and ones that I call dark red...I do have to admit that these I bought as a plant at a nursery.. I just can't make up my mind which ones I like the best....How about you? I do like the ones that have the speckled leaves...Do you have any other colors?
Callas over the years Hi, How many years have you been planting your bulbs? Here in Ontario (zone 5) I have to plant mine each spring and dig them up in the fall. It seems that they bloom less and less each year. This year out of about 15 bulbs I have (so far) 2 pink blooms and no yellow. Any suggestions? Bulb booster plant food?
I have had the white calla for quite a few years and I think they have all grown. If they don't have a little eye on them or more than one, I don't use it. It has to look alive or starting to grow. They do multiply for me...the red black plant I just bought this spring just like all the other colors, the first year. I do use Miracle grow Bloom booster on them every couple weeks until they are all done blooming. What I like about callas is that they do not all bloom at once..I had some early white blooms and I am still getting them..I plant them next to one another in the pot and cover with about 2" of soil. I like a full pot of them..hopefully the other bulbs will multiply this season...Sherry
Sherry,their gorgeous. Last year I had the dark red ones. I didn't dig mine up,and lost them all. I plan on putting them in next year.
I have a mauve color one kind of a deep dusty rose.i like them to but the Texas weather isn't good to them.
I have red, pink,yellow and white but I'm drooling over that gorgeous dark coloured one in your last piccie Sherry. I must see if I can find one just like it to add to my collection. :-D
I don't believe there is anything more elegant than a calla lily. I only have white but it is increasing nicely each year. I LUST for that wine color one. :-D
I've had mine for 3 years now. I stored the bulbs without peat moss the first winter and got very few blooms. Lat year i packed them in peat moss for the winter and had tons of blooms this year. I have white, burgundy and darkish pink.
