How to Grow and Care for Zantedeschia

The calla lily is a well-known ornamental plant with several cultivars receiving the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The most calla lily cultivars include 'Crowborough', 'Green Goddess', 'Pink Mist', and 'Red Desire'. They are popular as a cut flower or a rhizomatous herb in warm gardens.

Calla lily (Zantedeschia albomaculata) is a plant species with flowers that blossom from midsummer to early fall. Calla lily is often planted near bodies of water like ponds. They're also planted in container gardens and as a part of dried flower arrangements. They thrive best in direct sun or partial shade and in soil that’s moist but well-drained.

Pink calla lily (Zantedeschia rehmannii) is a perennial flowering plant with blossoms that occur in a range of colors including pink, rose, lavender and violet. Pink calla lily grows from a bulb, and can be planted in the ground or in a container. This species is intolerant to low, freezing temperatures. Pink calla lily is often planted near borders along ponds.

An ornamental flower with worldwide popularity, calla lily is mostly used as a cut flower, but it can be cultivated as a garden plant in warm climates. Like all species of the Zantedeschia genus, it hosts a caterpillar of the Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum). When the flowers die, they reveal yellow berries that are particularly attractive to birds.

Zantedeschia elliottiana is a herbaceous plant up to 60 cm tall, with large deep green leaves spotted with white. It is summer-flowering plant with a yellow spathe marked with purple at the base. The spathe surrounds a yellow spadix which occasionally produces a spike of bright yellow berries that are attractive to birds.