Plant Base Online (beta)
botanical name:
Zantedeschia 'Black Star'
common name: Calla Lily
family: Araceae
characteristics:
perennial
height: 0.75m
width: 0.40m
growth rate: medium
growth habit:
leaf colour: white & green
flower colour: maroon
stem/bark colour: maroon
main period of interest: Summer

poisonous or irritant
growing conditions:
full sun, part shade, moist soil, wet/waterlogged soil, clay soil
prefered soil pH: any
minimum temperature: 0°C
USDA zone: 9 to 11
description:
Very dark maroon-black flower spathes and stems. Leaved are speckled with whitish markings and thinly edged dark maroon, similar to the flower colour.
Darker in colour than Z. 'Schwarzwalder'.
cultivation:
Needs consistently moist, humus-rich soil and can be grown in wet, boggy conditions or even treated as a pond marginal. Full sun or part shade.
usage:
Good for cut flower.
other notes:
Bred by Sande of Holland.