Garden callas are becoming increasingly popular. Planting and caring for these plants require some floriculture skills. What kind of plant is this and how to grow it on your personal plot? These amazing plants belong to the large Aroid family. These flowers are divided into 2 groups. One of them comes from the most common and well-known
Ethiopian calla lily. It has white flowers and a powerful rhizome. What is the difference between these garden callas? Planting and caring for them under favorable conditions can be carried out throughout the spring-summer period, since they practically do not have a clear dormant period. Most often, this species is grown as a cut or houseplant, although it feels great in the open ground.
Another group includes garden callas, planting and care for which have their own characteristics, due to their rest period. These flowers have a colored veil, and their underground part is a tuber. This group was descended from the golden calla Eliott and the reddish pink - Remani. These plants are still not very common in the CIS countries. Planting material for colored callas is not so easy to find in our stores, and their price is much higher than ordinary whites.
Most people mistakenly call the flower a “veil” (covering sheet) of a plant. In the center of it is a bright yellow “candle”, which is an inflorescence-cob. In most varieties of this plant, real flowers are very fragrant. Their aroma resembles the smell of vanilla. Callas are garden, planting and care for which consist of several important stages, propagated by tubers. Healthy planting material is planted in small (2-3 l) pots. Tubers are watered and exposed in a lighted place. After about 14-16 days, they germinate. When white roots appear on the surface of the earth, it is necessary to add a little earth to the pot. Every week, garden callas are fed with the Effect fertilizer. As a rule, this plant develops very quickly. Different varieties of this flower have different leaf shapes. They can be lanceolate, elongated, heart-shaped. Some varieties have leaves with silver or white spots. Plants need regular watering.
Already 1.5-2 months after planting the tubers, garden callas begin to bloom. Planting and caring for them, when properly performed, give excellent results: 2-3 flowers can develop from one tuber. Multi-colored varieties begin to turn yellow in September. Watering should be reduced at this time. After the death of the leaves, the tubers are removed from the soil, cleaned from the ground and dried for 2 weeks. Store them in a cool, dark place until April. Large specimens can be divided into parts with growth buds. You can plant colored garden callas in the second year not in pots, but in open ground in personal plots. They prefer slightly acidic,
fertile soil enriched with leaf humus.
Calla flowers
, the care of which is not so complicated, should be planted in sunny or slightly shaded areas. Tubers are planted to a depth of 5-6 cm. At the end of May, flowers sprout. Plants can be fed “Effect” once a week. Water the flowers 2-3 times a week (as the soil dries). These plants are resistant to diseases and are practically not affected by pests. When growing callas of different colors, they may be pollinated.