Re: Calla lilies - sun or shade?
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Calla lilies - sun or shade?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 10:42:23 -0500
Bobbi, their bloom season would probably be a month or so after the ground
warms up. They should bloom just before the first flush of leaves reach
full size, if my memory serves correctly.
Jim
At 10:26 AM 3/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Jim, would they want to bloom in February here too, or would they tend to
>get acclimated so that they would bloom, say, in late summer here? Is
>ANYBODY in zone 5 or 6 having success treating these plants as hardy
>perennials and getting them to bloom? Anyway, thanks for the tips, and
>I'll try at least more water and some plant food this year. (It is in VERY
>LIGHT shade.)
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
>
>On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, J.E. Shields wrote:
>
>> In South Africa, the callas were blooming in August, which is late winter
>> there (like February here). I saw them blooming around Stellenbosch. The
>> southwestern Cape is probably about like USDA zone 9 in most places.
>>
>> I would guess -- pure speculation -- that your plant would need more sun
>> Bobbi, plus fertilizer and lots and lots of water, in order to bloom.
>>
>
>
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