Dear Master Gardener: I overwintered my calla lily rhizomes and they are in good shape, but sprouting. When and how should I plant them? Answer: The elegant and beautiful calla lily is not a true lily ...
Calla lilies usually flower in summer, but you can brighten up your winter home by forcing them to bloom out of season, which ...
Technically, calla lily flowers are tiny and located on the yellow column, which is botanically known as a spadix. The showy white structure is a modified leaf called the spathe. This flower structure ...
Dahlias -- here, the 'Amante' -- are easy to grow, but very frost-sensitive. and crocuses behind us and the daffodils and tulips coming on, it's worth noting that all of these spring favorites (and ...
One of the most elegant and beautiful of the flowers that bloom in our spring gardens is the common calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica). Clumps of calla lilies in bloom never fail to attract ...
Bulbs bursting with color are one of the best ways to light up an outdoor space, long before most perennials, trees and shrubs have begun to grow. Planting spring bulbs should result in a gorgeous ...
Editor's note: This column originally ran September 2015. Ann Justice is out this week. She plans to return with a new column next week. QUESTION: I’d like to plant some calla lily bulbs and would ...
Flowering bulbs can be planted in fall or spring, depending on the variety. Bulbs planted in fall need to develop their roots before the first frost and need a freezing period to bloom. Bulbs planted ...
Spring is always a popular season to start planting your bulbs in your summer gardens. While most flowers need to be planted in the fall, there are still several bulbs that you can plant in the spring ...
If you’re home from work and champing at the bit to DO SOMETHING! Planting bulbs now for summer blossoms might be just your ticket. I recently got some calla lilies and sword lilies and planted them ...
Make sure your calla lilies' striking, trumpet-shaped blooms return next season by preparing them for winter. How to do so depends on your climate.
OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today, tomorrow, go out and buy hundreds of bulbs. But why hundreds? Well, I repeat, our climate and soils ...