Comments on: Repotting a giant Calla Lily

By: Unknown

Unknown — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:43:32 +0000

I grow mine year round in New York, all long as they have sun year long they will just keep growing. I never chill mine off, I was in Mexico 20 years ago and they grow there year round. Just think of it as a houseplant that needs sun.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:41:30 +0000

These Calla's spend the winter in the cold greenhouse, but most anyone can winter them over. If you buy a 'bulb' at a nursery now, which is dormant, plant it and allow it to grow all summer.
The trick is to allow it to get nipped-by-frost in the autumn, if you live in the north, or just cut off the foliage before a hard frost, and bring the entire pot into the cellar or a cold room where the bulb can remain in the soil, but do not water it. The roots remain intact and grow a little, even while rather dormant – just be careful with overwatering if you keep the plant in the dark. The following year, you will have a calla which is even larger.

I think it's a mistake to dig-up calla's and to allow them to dry out each autumn, for this is unnatural.

By: Luke Hoy

Luke Hoy — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:05:12 +0000

WOW. Just bought one of these, i would love it if mine got this large. What is the trick to Calla lilies?

Mine is the same variety but in yellow.

By: Pittsburgh Landscaping

Pittsburgh Landscaping — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:13:55 +0000

Those are beautiful plants! But how do you handle them in the winter up in Massachusetts? I'm located in Pittsburgh and landscaping with calla lilies is pretty rare due to their frost susceptibility. Do you pull them out and store them somewhere or do you know of any other methods to protect them in the winter?

-Rain Man

By: meemsnyc

meemsnyc — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:24:51 +0000

Oh wow, that calla looks so healthy! Wow, you had to break the pot to remove it!