{"id":11931,"date":"2024-05-28T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/planting-calla-lillies\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T10:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T09:33:05","slug":"planting-calla-lillies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/planting-calla-lillies\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting calla lillies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This question was asked by <span class=\"hubmaster_faq_author\"><br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Marion T &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"hubmaster_faq_blockquote\"><p>I live outside of Eugene, Oregon. Can I leave my calla lillies in the ground year round?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"hubmaster_faq_answer\">I&#8217;m not sure of your climate but I would lift your bulbs to be safe.<\/p>\n<p>Here are our tips for Calla Lily Aftercare:<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>How to care for Callas<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>In most areas, the foliage will be hit by frost and slightly blackened. This should be cut away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lift Rhizomes before the first frosts and store them over winter before replanting them next Spring (after the risk of frost has passed).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Store Rhizomes in trays of compost in a cool, dark, frost-free location, e.g a garage, shed, warm greenhouse or conservatory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Do not over water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6380\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6380\" class=\"wp-image-6380 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/91531227_528951064361757_5025426553127829504_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"How to plant Calla lilies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1. Plant your rhizomes as soon as they arrive.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6376\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6376\" class=\"wp-image-6376 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/91437074_212562746734203_4472481133317062656_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2. Plant just under the surface of the soil with the eyes of the rhizome facing upwards.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6379\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6379\" class=\"wp-image-6379 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/91520384_2284096838560216_7648599639003758592_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3. Use a loam-based compost like John Innes No. 2 but a good multi-purpose compost is also fine.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6385\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6385\" class=\"wp-image-6385 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/92240354_510881576250636_472429695137218560_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4. Water freely throughout the summer months and feed with a fertiliser every two weeks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6383\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6383\" class=\"wp-image-6383 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/91641348_841235679693681_6050278970555891712_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">5. Plant one rhizome to an 8&#8243; pot. Cover your pots with decorative stones if desired.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure of your climate but I would lift your bulbs to be safe.\u00a0Here are our.. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/planting-calla-lillies\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":11623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[232],"class_list":["post-11931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faq","tag-faq"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Calla-Lily-Bulbs2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11931"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11952,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11931\/revisions\/11952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartsnursery.co.uk\/lily-info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}