Zone: Calla lilies are winter hardy in zones 8-10. In colder areas they can either be grown as annuals or can be dug up in the fall and stored indoors for replanting the next spring. Reference the USDA Hardiness zone map here. When to Plant: Calla lilies should be planted in the spring after all danger of frost has passed.
Winter Care for Calla Lily Plants in Colder Climates If you live in zones 7 or lower, calla lilies will not survive the winter cold and so your winter care for calla lily plants will be different than for warm climates. Your calla lily care in winter will consist of digging the rhizome of the plants.
This begs the question “How do you take care of a calla lilies in the winter?”
You can even allow it to go dormant for the winter by simply not watering it until the spring. Another option is to put your calla in the ground in your garden in the spring or summer, after the last frost, and to remove it before the first frost of the fall or winter. To do this, dig up the plant and keep it dry until the leaves brown.
Can you pick calla lilies in the fall?
Again, they are perfect for cutting and the multiple blooms on each plant allow for them to be picked without leaving a whole in the landscape. They are hardy than most other spring-planted bulbs, often surviving the winter even in Zones 6 and 7 when mulched in the fall. Calla lily rhizomes are typically planted during the spring season .
What do Calla Lillies represent?
Magnificent and overwhelming beauty, in the classic Victorian language of the flowers and the Ancient Greek tradition. Resurrection and rebirth, since the plant returns each year after the winter. Faith and purity, especially in the Christian religions. Overcoming challenges, since the cut flowers can start regrowing in a vase and survive frosts, and more items.
What flower goes best with calla lilies?
Good companion plants for perennial calla lilies planted in the woodland garden include ferns, astilbes, hostas, ligularias and impatiens. In a container, annual calla lilies combine well with petunias, dusty miller, allysum, creeping jenny, heliotrope or dichondra.
Do calla lilies like shade or direct sun?
In warm areas, full sun to partial shade will be the ideal lighting conditions for calla lilies. In colder areas, calla lilies will grow best in full sun. Indoors, calla lilies will enjoy lots of bright light, but not too much direct sunlight. Watering Calla lilies enjoy moist soil.
The next thing we wondered was; do calla lilies need full sun for part shade?
Shade and Sun: In warm climates, calla lilies grow well in full sun or partial shade. In cooler areas they grow best in full sun. Zone: Calla lilies are winter hardy in zones 8-10. In colder areas they can either be grown as annuals or can be dug up in the fall and stored indoors for replanting the next spring.