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StarJay
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Cala Lillies
I bought and planted some beautiful yellow calas about 1.5-2 months ago. I've lost one and the other is suffering. It looks sunburned, probably because it gets direct sunlight all day, which is what I was told to provide when I purchased it. I've tried extensive watering, which has helped, but not enough.
My question is when is it safe to transplant it? I've never transplanted anything before, so do I just dig up around it? And being a lily family plant, would I possibly be able to transplant the other no longer leafing cala's roots and revive it or is it just a goner?
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Re: Cala Lillies
In my experience greenhouse grown calla lillies, which is likely what you have if purchased in the US, don't do well in full sun. They prefer partial shade, preferably with morning light.
That being said, the "dead" plant might come back in the spring. Are you located in an area that they can be safely left in the ground all winter or do have to dig in the fall, like we do in Illinois? If you'll have to dig it up in the fall, I would leave it in the ground for now and water lightly (you don't want to overwater and rot the bulbs). As for the other, you could probably move it now, especially if it is seriously struggling, but the safest bet is to transplant in the fall.
This is interesting... I have some calla lily bulbs that I planted last July (random, yes - but they were sproting, so I had to get them in the ground).
They get full sun - to the point that all of the other plants in that bed get really cranky if they don't get watered everyday. But the Calla's are doing fantastic.
Could you talk to a local greenhouse or the place you purchased them from? Maybe you got some bad ones? ...hard to say.
I think I will go ahead a try moving the one that is still "living" and leave the other be until later.
MrsB I got the cala's b/c everyone here has them (we're new to this climate) and they grow so well....for everyone else. I never thought about it possibly being my plants. I bought them at Home Depot, whose staff has not been the greatest of help, but I will try to find a more specialized nursery in the area and see what they say.