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Calla Lilly

Scientific name: Zantedeschia aethiopica
Taxonomy
Family:Araceae
Type:Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:8 to 10
Sun:Full to partial sun
Moisture:Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height:3 ft
Width:2 ft
Bloom:Summer flowers
Bloom Time:June to July
Bloom Color:White
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Calla lilly is an easy to grow perennial known for its beautiful, funnel like summer bloom.

  Morphology:
Calla lilies are in the arum family (best known for jack-in-the-pulpit). Calla lilies are not true lilies as such but rather originate from rhizomes, as with Dutch iris. Flowers consist of a yellow finger-like spadix surrounded by a bright white spathe borne atop a leafless stalk. Depending upon the cultivar planted bloom can be white, pink, red, pale yellow, or blue.

  Adaptation:
Best raised in moist soils with full sun to part shade. They can be successfully overwintered outdoors in colder regions (zones 6-8) if properly mulched. The Zantedeschia species are very poisonous, capable of killing livestock and children. Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction.

  Pests:
None reported in the Northwest.
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