Calla lilies with green blooms are a normal part of the mature plant’s life cycle. The plant begins to focus energy on its leaves, which are gathering energy to fuel the next season’s bloom.
Low light is one of the most common issues that causes green Peace Lily flowers. Low light can result in the blooms emerging with a green hue, or starting white, but turning green quite quickly. In low light conditions, the plant struggles to produce enough energy from the low light available.
Why is my Calla plant turning green?
The buds start out green or streaked with green and turn color as they open and mature. This natural occurrence is not considered among the calla flower problems, as it will fix itself in time. Plant callas in bright sunlight where soils are well drained. Plants in dim light may have difficulty coloring and stay greenish.
Green spathes are often the result of low light situations. Calla flower problems can also arise from excess nitrogen. Flowering plants need balanced fertilizers or ones that are slightly higher in phosphorus.
Why are my calla lilies not blooming?
Calla flower problems can also arise from excess nitrogen. Flowering plants need balanced fertilizers or ones that are slightly higher in phosphorus. High levels of nitrogen can retard the formation of blooms and cause green calla lily flowers. It is completely normal to have green spathes on some varieties of young calla plants.
Unless you are growing the ‘Green Goddess’ variety of calla, you might be surprised by green calla lily flowers. Calla lilies are not true lilies. They are in the same family as the Jack-in-the-pulpit. The flowers are not what they seem either. The flower’s petals are called the spathe.
How do you keep calla lilies from turning yellow?
If your calla lilies are indoors, move them to a room that receives brighter natural light, or supplement the sunlight by placing the lilies underneath a plant light. Conversely, calla lilies planted outdoors will fade and turn yellow if placed in too hot or bright a location.
When calla lilies enter the dormant period when active growth is over, the flowers will often change colour, turning green or brown, then wilt and fall over. If the plant is left dormant for at least 60 days, receiving no water, then repotted in fresh soil, it should begin regrowth with coloured flowers again.