Cala Lily

Hi all. I bought this recently and there looks to be several plants....should I separate and repot? Secondly it's labelled as a house plant but would it survive in a pot OR planted outdoors in the North of England? TIA

 

Best to wait until flowering has finished before re-potting the bulbs. I think it might be touch and go to survive winter in the ground in Yorkshire, unless you've got very well-drained soil and give it a thick mulch.

 

I was given an almost identical one for my birthday last August.
I put the pot in the garden when flowering was over.
When it died back, I removed the dead bits in October and left the pot in my frost-free garage.
About 3 of weeks ago I saw some shoots poking through, so gave it a good dunking to wet the compost and a light feed, and it's now in the greenhouse growing nicely.
I think you treat them similar to dahlias.

Maybe best to keep yours in a pot and put it out in the summer if you like and bring in for winter as I do.
I'd leave it as it is for now and next March/April take it out and split it or repot in a larger
pot.

 

Many thanks

 

Thanks Pete I'll try that. It just looks so packed in a fairly small pot....it's almost pleading with me to liberate it

 

Good luck with it.
BTW - I fed mine every couple of weeks with seaweed extract which seems to suit it well.

 

I had one as an houseplant. It was bought in full bloom, beautiful thing. Towards the end of Autumn it started dying back so I cut everything off right down to the base and put it in a bag in a dark cupboard.

When spring came I got it out, watered it, and within a couple of weeks loads of new shoots came. I grew it on a north facing window sill and the lowish light (never any direct sun) meant it went "searching" for more light and it ended up quite tall and leggy, not like the plant I had originally bought at all.