Can this be in a pot?

Submitted by tbowersock on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 19:47
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I really like the dwarf calla lillies and I was wondering if you can grow these in pots? I live in zone 5 and really don't want to dig them up every year. Much easier if I can just move the pot in doors. I was also wondering if someone know how long they bloom? Thank you, Theresa Smile
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yes you can!

Submitted by daylilyfanatic on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 06:34.

 DLF . . . Daylilyfanatic "Gardening requires lots of water - most of in the form of prespiration. ~Lou Eri

yes they should do wonderfuly make sure they get brought inside in the early fall though or theymay get nipped even if the soil doesn't freeze the pot might.

 DLF . . . Daylilyfanatic "Gardening requires lots of water - most of in the form of prespiration. ~Lou Eri

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Oh yeah! I'm in Zone 10

Submitted by piggysue on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 16:09.
Oh yeah! I'm in Zone 10

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calla lillies

Submitted by susyflores on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 00:20.

hi

I am from zone 5. I had a  trade in fall and received calla lillies bulb.

I planted them in a pot because it was already too late of the season. So I brought the pot inside and the plant came out and grew very poor.  Last month it started getting pretty and all of sudden started flowering.  I was so happy, i was just trying to keep the plant alive to be planted outside around may. I never thought I was going to have a calla lilly iside the house.

 

BLOOMING INDOOR TODAY: CALLA LILY????? I THINK...this was a bonus bulb sent to me from a trade, i planted the bulb (which was unidentified then) and look what a surprice we got this week.BLOOMING INDOOR TODAY: CALLA LILY????? I THINK...this was a bonus bulb sent to me from a trade, i planted the bulb (which was unidentified then) and look what a surprice we got this week.BLOOMING INDOOR TODAY calla lily?: this is another image of what i think is a calla lilyBLOOMING INDOOR TODAY calla lily?: this is another image of what i think is a calla lily

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Yes, callas grow very well

Submitted by sharry_lynn on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 13:41.

Yes, callas grow very well in pots. In fact, they prefer to be a little crowded and root bound.
You should pot them in a pot with only an inch or two of space between the bulb and the edge of the pot.
The smaller colored ones don't stay in bloom very long...maybe a week. Although I grow mine in full-part sun.
I think if they're grown in shadier locations, the blooms may last longer. The giant white ones (like the ones in Susy's pics)
seem to flower for longer periods of time. I have some of those growing in my shade garden, and they've been in bloom for a couple weeks now and the blooms still look fresh.
--Sharry

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 Lily

Submitted by piggysue on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 16:08.

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Calla Lilies

Submitted by PENNY2638 on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 19:57.
I live in zone 8. But I planted my calla lilies in a pot and they grew very well in a pot and bloomed for me last year.   Pe

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