Re: Van Burgondien
- Subject: Re: [SG] Van Burgondien
- From: L* K*
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:14:24 -0700
From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 4:37 AM
> 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.)
Here in Central Coast California callas are just this side of
noxious weeds. Every house used to have a great swathe of them,
inhabited by snails, blooming at irregular intervals, making
people sneeze.
We rooted them out aggressively because we wanted to grow other
things and they harbor snails horribly.
They seem to like heavy soil and not to mind getting a little dry
in the summer.
Lucy Kemnitzer
