OT: Callas
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- Subject: OT: Callas
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- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 21:12:56 -0600 (MDT)
> I found out just recently, while at the Ann Arbor,MI Flower Show, that
CALLA
> LILLIES grow naturally in standing water! Why then do they sell them as
a
> container bulb? (At least, here in the north)
>
Karen,
Callas are not hardy in Michigan, so they are sold as container bulbs.
I would not recommend growing them in water except as an experiment. In
Kentucky, I planted Callas out in May, then lifted them in October.
When I got down here, I planted them in October. They bloomed in
March and April. They also sell Callas as container plants here, but I did
not get any more since I am interested in things that bloom longer, such as
Oleanders. They bloom a good ten months per year here.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida. USDA Zone 8/9
