Red Calla Lily

Sublime red hues on a unique and stylish perennial! The Red Calla Lily (Zantedeschia spp (Red Cultivar)) features blooms that look like satin wrapped around a candle! Formal and ready for the opera house, the curious cup-shaped, bold red flowers are incredibly exotic!

Calla Lily flowers, botanically known as a spathe, arrive in late spring to summer upon tall stems above fantastic foliage. With a deep, saturated red color and lighter throat, the blooms are highlighted by a glowing white to yellow, finger-like spadix in the center.

Rising above the backdrop of deep-green, heart-shaped foliage, the striking flowers call butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden! Long green spears, with a slight ripple to the edge and curious freckles dotting the leaves, are as clean and formal as their blooms!

Gorgeous flowering plants in containers or as specimen plants, even northern gardeners can enjoy these blooms all growing season. Cold climates often use these as annual thrillers in containers or moved into a greenhouse or enclosed patio for the winter. Often these can be used as houseplants for the winter with great success!

Cold climate gardeners can also dig these tubers in fall and store them as they would Dahlia or Canna bulbs, keeping them in cool storage in garages or sheds for the winter months.

How to Use Red Calla Lily In The Landscape

Ideal formal plants for courtyards and in rows, these fashionable plants add a high-style touch to mixed plantings, beds and borders. Line walkways or the edges of garden beds and foundations in sultry red color!

Natives to South Africa, these perennials enjoy moist to wet soil. Tolerating heat and humidity, they’re the perfect plant to use around a water feature, near ponds or along the banks of streams where they can soak up the moisture! Include Calla Lily in a Rain garden or at the base of your gutters where the tubers will thrive in the extra moisture.

Slowly spreading and forming tight clusters, the rhizomes and tubers multiply politely. Filling Perennial, Cottage and Cutting garden beds with vivid blooms!

Incredible cut flowers for vases and bouquets, florists often use these as boutonnieres, in bridal bouquets and flower arrangements because of their clean lines and simple beauty!

Sized perfectly for container gardening, you’ll enjoy these as colorful thrillers and specimen plants among your patio and balcony planters and pots. Tuck into a sunny window box or create formal rings around potted shrubs and trees for a finished, clean look. You’ll be able to enjoy these blossoms regardless of the size of your garden area!

Try creating a focal point planting in your garden by clustering these in a grouping of 3 or more for a stand-out accent! Seating areas, birdbaths, outdoor sculptures and urns become the main feature with a skirting of these around their bases.

Their formal structure creates lovely accents in Meditation and Asian-inspired landscapes as well! Plant along the base of a stone wall or around your gazebo for a clean, finished effect.

Great upright and vertical accent plants, adding a polished look to about any kind of garden bed or border. Plant en masse in that low area that always seems a bit soggy where they’ll soak up the excess moisture and fill your landscape with beauty!

#ProPlantTips For Care

Red Calla Lilies are herbaceous perennials in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10 Those in the colder northern growing zones won’t miss out! Growing zones 7 and under dig these and store them for the winter, or can use these as a houseplant throughout the cold months or annual in their planters and patio pots.

Preferring full sun or partial shade, those in the warmer of its growing zones will find these do better with some afternoon shade as relief from the hot sun. If you do plant them in full sun, be sure to provide near-constant access to water.

Calla Lilies require consistent moisture in well-drained soils, so provide regular watering throughout the year and during the dry season. Also preferring average to high fertility, they aren’t particular on what type of soil they’re planted in, as long as it is moist and very well-draining. A generous layer of mulch helps retain soil moisture as well as insulate the root system from heat and chill.

Clean up dead leaves and debris in late autumn when the plant takes a break from growing. Northern gardeners should dig these tubers and store them in a cool, dark, frost-free location.

Red Calla Lily is a tropical-looking and luxurious perennial to add to your garden this year! Easy to grow and require minimal care, you’ll fall in love with the fantastic color and unique form! Please call to order or head over to NatureHills.com today so you don’t miss out!