They are great but can be little fussy regards to planting area. The white ones (typically what everyone knows as Arum lilies) are lots more hardy than the coloured ones (which most folk know as cala) The coloured ones best grown in a good sized pot that can be taken indoors or frost free greenhouse/shed in the colder months.. Now most sites I have seen say these plants like dappled to full shade and a semi moist/bog planting site.. Personally I have found that in pots, they need good drainage and water everyday, otherwise you find they either aren't happy because too dry, or rot off!!!
My wife adores these, and every year another 12 inch pot joins the collection to be shifted in and out of the conservatory!!! I'm always careful to keep them out of full sun in the summer, first couple of years I lost my plants even though properly watered, I'm thinking they didn't like the full sun. Anyways good luck, aside from these requirements, they are VERY easy to grow and care for, and give a great display year on year, getting better and better.
Thank you BrummieBen. Did google Cala lillies too, but they advised lifting bulbs and storing them. Really want something I can leave in the ground. But may do as you advise and put them in pots, I have a conservatory I can keep them in. Thanks again for your help
I did notice that the bluebells were coming out around Annesley.Does anyone fancy a walk in the bluebell woods at Felley priory (Junction 27 M1) in a couple of weeks?
I love bluebells, they are coming out in the woods in East Sussex.
We went to Michelham Priory today, beautiful and peaceful, but not really a full on gardeners sort of garden, lovely building. Then we went to Alfriston Clergy house, cute and pretty and very old.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
job going here for filling watering cans here wintersong :P My other half can't understand why I don't use the hose, not on water meter etc, I just can't abide waste!!! And only use tap when washing water has been used first!!! (Save my waterbutts for the acid lovers I have)
Phew, finally decided to stop looking and get working I have finally started my new bed across the lawn I say started, coz I'm not sure it's a deep as I want it to be finally, but a start made none the less I am pooped though
And here it is.......
We have, white buddleia 'Fidget', Tree Peony 'Nut', Red Robin, and White lace cap hydrangea
My daughter is no gardener but her arrun Lily is a picture it's grown in an old sink and never gets fed or composted today she has five of the biggest white blooms I've ever seen BUT now I now how it is against the wall where the outside tap is so it's not magic it's WATER
Not sure whether I will ever get my children interested in gardening. Firstborn has no interest at all, but I think secondborn will become interested when she gets a garden she can get to grips with and a bit more time.
Matty, I was famous last month so I know how exciting it is, Hubby thought I had gone balmy when I told him I had my name in print.
Have contacted a couple of suppliers re some plants that have not thrived. One of them was Broadleigh Gardens. I took delivery of a Decentra Alba and a Sanguinaria Canadensis Plena in February. Neither of them have materialised. Upon contacting the company I was told that it was too early for the SCP and to wait a while. Re the Dicentra they said that it was probably having a Dormant Period which was usual for the plant and it would probably come up next year. I'm not happy with this. I have replied but wondered what everyone else thought.
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They are great but can be little fussy regards to planting area. The white ones (typically what everyone knows as Arum lilies) are lots more hardy than the coloured ones (which most folk know as cala) The coloured ones best grown in a good sized pot that can be taken indoors or frost free greenhouse/shed in the colder months.. Now most sites I have seen say these plants like dappled to full shade and a semi moist/bog planting site.. Personally I have found that in pots, they need good drainage and water everyday, otherwise you find they either aren't happy because too dry, or rot off!!!
My wife adores these, and every year another 12 inch pot joins the collection to be shifted in and out of the conservatory!!! I'm always careful to keep them out of full sun in the summer, first couple of years I lost my plants even though properly watered, I'm thinking they didn't like the full sun. Anyways good luck, aside from these requirements, they are VERY easy to grow and care for, and give a great display year on year, getting better and better.
Thank you BrummieBen. Did google Cala lillies too, but they advised lifting bulbs and storing them. Really want something I can leave in the ground. But may do as you advise and put them in pots, I have a conservatory I can keep them in. Thanks again for your help
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I did notice that the bluebells were coming out around Annesley.Does anyone fancy a walk in the bluebell woods at Felley priory (Junction 27 M1) in a couple of weeks?
Last year they were glorious.
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/felley-priory-bluebells/311348.html
I love bluebells, they are coming out in the woods in East Sussex.
We went to Michelham Priory today, beautiful and peaceful, but not really a full on gardeners sort of garden, lovely building. Then we went to Alfriston Clergy house, cute and pretty and very old.
I love arum lilies but sadly lack the wet conditions this stunner prefers
Maybe next year...I'll dig a bed in front of my outside tap because I'm forever overfilling my watering cans
job going here for filling watering cans here wintersong :P My other half can't understand why I don't use the hose, not on water meter etc, I just can't abide waste!!! And only use tap when washing water has been used first!!! (Save my waterbutts for the acid lovers I have)
Phew, finally decided to stop looking and get working
I have finally started my new bed across the lawn 
I say started, coz I'm not sure it's a deep as I want it to be finally, but a start made none the less 
I am pooped though 
And here it is.......
We have, white buddleia 'Fidget', Tree Peony 'Nut', Red Robin, and White lace cap hydrangea
My daughter is no gardener
but her arrun Lily is a picture it's grown in an old sink and never gets fed or composted today she has five of the biggest white blooms I've ever seen 
BUT now I now how
it is against the wall where the outside tap is so it's not magic it's WATER
Hi Folks,
Not sure whether I will ever get my children interested in gardening. Firstborn has no interest at all, but I think secondborn will become interested when she gets a garden she can get to grips with and a bit more time.
Matty, I was famous last month so I know how exciting it is, Hubby thought I had gone balmy when I told him I had my name in print.
Have contacted a couple of suppliers re some plants that have not thrived. One of them was Broadleigh Gardens. I took delivery of a Decentra Alba and a Sanguinaria Canadensis Plena in February. Neither of them have materialised. Upon contacting the company I was told that it was too early for the SCP and to wait a while. Re the Dicentra they said that it was probably having a Dormant Period which was usual for the plant and it would probably come up next year. I'm not happy with this. I have replied but wondered what everyone else thought.