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Overwintering calla lillies
Nanny Beach
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In short how do I overwinter them,
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Nanny Beach
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I grow them in pots and just move the pots into the cold greenhouse and allow the to dry out.
The highly coloured varieties are not reliably hardy.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
OK Ta these are pale pink.
i just leave mine outside where they are, i've got some in pots and some in the ground, the frost gets them sometimes but they still come back bigger next year
Where are you Sanjy? I have 6 lots all in pots, 5 grown from seed one from a (rather tatty) corm and this is their second year. None of them flowered yet, foliage about 3' tall. Was going to bring them in to my coolish conservatory but would rather not. What's your advice please?
I am in Central/ West London, a small sheltered courtyard garden.
i'm at pevensey bay, south east uk
You are probably safe Daisy33, you will have a microclimate there, I am quite near sanjy (wanted to see you garden in the summer! Did you get your greenhouse?) I have put them in pots, some sites say cut them down to 3 inches, some say remove soil dry them out (likes Begonia corms) The last lot didnt survive a couple of years ago, but that bed can get water logged