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  • ZANTEDESCHIA
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    ZANTEDESCHIA

    Commonly known as Arum lily, Richardia

    All Flower MAY-JUL

    Exotic tuberous or rhizomatous plants from moist soils, swamps and lake margins in southern and East Africa, many hardy enough to grace pondsides or to use as a marginal aquatic in the UK and appearing now in darker pinks and purples.

    Z. aethiopica is commonly known as arum lily, Z. elliottiana as calla lily though they not arums, lilies or callas.

    Z. aethiopica is naturalised in many parts of the world.

    Less hardy varieties can be grown as houseplants.

     

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    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Rhizomatous perennials
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Tuberous
      Tuberous perennials
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • skin & eye irritant
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
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    Varieties

    ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica
    White flowers. Best grown in a damper boggy area
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    Available again from SEPTEMBER 2025
    This plant will be delivered when new stock arrives in early autumn
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    ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica 'Crowborough'
    Variety with shorter spathes
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50
    ZANTEDESCHIA aethiopica 'Green Goddess'
    Large green flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £13.50

    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    This specially adapted Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi will boost the growth of acid-loving plants like rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers and blueberries. It contains ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, which are found in poor acidic soils where ericaceous plants naturally grow.
    200g sachet
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
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