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| Botanical Name: |
Zantedeschia aethiopica
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| Sounds like: |
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| Common Name: |
Arum Lily; Calla Lily
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| Family Name: |
ARACEAE
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| Genus: |
Zantedeschia
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aethiopica
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| Name Derivation |
G: After G. Zantedeschi, Italian botanical author; S: Lat. from Ethiopia
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| Growth Habit: |
Herbaceous perennial
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| Dimensions: |
50-1m x 30-50cm
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| Flower: |
Trumpet-shaped with a yellow, finger shape spadix surrounded by a white spathe 20cm long, rolled into a tube opening tip from August until December.
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| Climate: |
Will die down in dry periods but the rhizome can remain dormant for a long time waiting for suitable conditions. This species is frost hardy
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| Fruit: |
n/a
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| Propagation: |
Rhizome division.
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| Horticulture Use: |
Cut flower, garden plant for shaded moist areas. Accent marginal plant growing near water, large glossy coarse texture foliage. Plant in bold clumps
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| Culture & Maintenance: |
Needs full sun or part shade, protected from dry hot winds in summer. They like an enriched soil and do not like to dry out. These are very hardy plants that need to be kept under control.
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| Foliage: |
Arrow-shaped semi-erect dk green, clearly veined, 60cm long, basal sagittate
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