Calla Lily (Yellow) - Bulbs

Description

Pick these easy-to-grow varieties for the best blooms. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant, evergreen where rainfall and temperatures are adequate.

Planting and care

• Dig up the rhizomes in autumn, usually after the first frost and store for winter.
  
• Dig a hole about three times as deep as the height of the bulb.
• Set the bulb in the hole, pointy end up, then cover with soil and press firmly
• Space bulbs 8 to 10 inches apart
• Water thoroughly after planting
• Use the potting mix for bulb plantation as Garden soil + Compost + Perlite + Sand (2:2:1:1) Soil + Cocopeat + vermicompost (2:1:2)
• Keep them adequately fertilized and watered, misting the plant every so often to keep the ambient humidity high
• They are susceptible to aphids so, take a look closely and apply insecticide.

Calla Lily care

• Its preferred habitat is in streams and ponds or on the banks.
• Water a plant when the soil feels dry to touch.
• Water thoroughly in the summer and reduce watering for the winter & rainy season.
• Try to water the plants in the morning around 8-10am.
• Avoid waterlogged soil.
• Reduce watering in the winter.
• You should remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and throw in the garbage collector.
• You should fertilize a plant at planting time and growing season.
• Mulch the potting mix with organic material.

Calla Lily special feature

Flowers

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