Satiny amethyst blooms, the Akela Calla Lily (Zantedeschia 'Akela') has luxurious, sculpted blooms with darker throats and lighter purple exteriors! Sitting atop a long slender green stem and fringed in strappy green swords bespeckled in white dots, these are incredibly beautiful flowers for your summer garden pleasure! Butterflies adore these blooms and you will love them for elegant cut flower bouquets!
These blooms subtly change color depending on the light, ranging from a semi-gloss purple to plum to a silky violet, the butterflies won't waste time worrying about what color they are as they gladly sip the nectar of these cupped chalices! Even when not in bloom, the speckled green foliage forms vase-shaped clumps that look fantastic in the sunny garden!
Calla Lilies grow from rhizomes and are hardy perennials throughout USDA growing zones 8-10. In cooler climates, these Callas can be grown as houseplants or put into storage for the winter like Dahlias.
Planting and Application:
Akela is a great stand-alone 'thriller' for containers and planters and adds drama and elegant form and color to mixed plantings. Use the clusters of greenery as edging and fillers throughout the pollinator garden and cut flower beds, while the blooms boost both formal and informal gardens alike! Pollinator gardens and cut flower borders gain double-duty blooms!
Calla Lily has gorgeous foliage that looks great along borders, in masses, and in container gardens too! Tall and high-impact color on compact clumps! The clumps keep themselves neat and tidy and prefer being planted among later emerging perennials and shrubs to shade the foliage while the bulbs take their summer dormancy in hot climates.
- Gorgeous Silky Satiny Purple Blooms
- Unique, Cup-Shaped Blooms
- Pollinator & Cut Flower Gardens
- Lavish Color Every Summer
- Eye-Catching Container Plants, Borders & Edging
#ProPlantTips for Care:
Akela thrives in the full sun, and can tolerate a bit of shade! Preferring rich, well-drained and organic-rich soil. Deadhead the blooms as they face, and once the foliage of these perennial bulbs yellows, trim it back the foliage. Northern growers can use these rhizomes as annual accents or even bring them indoors as houseplants. Pruning can be done in the spring before blooming. This ensures a cleaner and healthier bloom during the upcoming season!
The foliage will fade in the fall and wilt with colder nights. In very cold climates, to save your tubers for the next year, dig up the plants after the first frost. Let them dry out, and then place in paper bags or boxes in a cool place. Throughout the winter, sprinkle a little water if the tubers are drying up. If you live in a warmer frost-free climate, just trim out stems to keep your plants looking their best; fresh growth will appear in the spring.
- Full Sun & Partial Shade
- Well Drained Rich Soil
- Prefers Consistent Moisture
- Prune After Foliage Yellows
- Perennial in Warm Climates & Annuals in Cooler
Choose the luxurious silky purple blooms of the Akela Calla Lily rhizomes for your garden today! NatureHills.com will reserve your plants and ship them to you at the proper planting time based on your growing zone!
