FoliageCalla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 8-10, that matures to about 2-3 ft × 1.5-2 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with high water needs in standing-water, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect white blooms in summer. It attracts bees, stands up well to deer, poor soil and rabbits, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-10
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- High
- Mature size
- 2-3 ft × 1.5-2 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Standing-water, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees
- Tough against
- Deer, Poor soil, Rabbits, Wet soil
- Native to
- Southern Africa
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Calla Lily is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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