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Araceae
Wild calla
Calla palustris
Also known as Callaion heterophylla, Wild arum lily, Calla palustris f. minor, Water arum
Native Plants · Aquatic · Bog Plant · Pond · Marginal · Shade · Wetland · Native · Water Garden · Perennial · Wildlife
Wild calla is an aquatic or bog perennial that thrives in permanently wet conditions such as pond margins, rain gardens, or shallow water features in partial shade. It produces attractive white spathes in spring followed by red berries that provide food for wildlife. Note that all parts of this plant are toxic if ingested, so keep it away from children and pets.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil saturated or plant in shallow standing water up to 2 inches deep · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- clay
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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