Re: Van Burgondien

Bobbi,

I have had incredible luck leaving my calla lillies in the ground.  I'm in northern Kentucky - zone 5/6 as well.  The first year I just failed to get them dug and gave them up as "gone" but they came back!  Then one day I was at someone's house who knows almost zilch about gardening but she had this huge and gorgeous yellow calla.  I asked her about it and she said she had never dug it up in the past 8 years - didn't know she was supposed to.

So, I planted more and they've continued to return every year with more and more bloom stalks and foliage! They are planted about 10" deep.  I try to get a layer of mulch on the top (don't always get it done) and have them in a place that does not hold water all winter.  I know that they are bog plants but I've been told by another gardener that leaving them soggy during the winter is the "kiss of death".

If you decide to try this be warned that they are VERY late to show in the spring.  I put in three "Flame" and nine "Cameo" this spring and intend to leave them and see what happens.

Louise Niemer
N. KY - zone 5/6

> Speaking of not-true lilies, after at least 3 years in the garden my calla
> lily (Zantedescia [sp]?) is blooming--a pure white flower, although a
> small one. The speckled foliage was always rather fun, but it never
> bloomed before. I note it has grown many more leaves this year; is this
> why it bloomed? I didn't do anything different. How can I persuade it to
> send up masses of bloomstalks instead of only one? (I'm never satisfied.)
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
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