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Zantedeschia 'Solar Flare' - Zantedeschia 'Solar Flare' - A vigorous taller mid-season flowering variety that grows to 16 to 24 inches with heavy stemmed 2 to 4 inch wide bright yellow cut flowers. Flowers are slightly smaller with shorter stems than Millenium Gold but with better vase life. Leaves are strongly spotted with white spots.
with good shelf life in the vase
Plant in full sun (coastal) or light shade, keeping soil moist when plants are in active growth. If possible keep dry from fall through winter while plants are dormant. Can be lifted and replanted in early spring. This cultivar had moderate disease resistance
We grew this plant in 2005 and 2006. These winter dormant Calla lilies with Zantedeschia elliotiana, Zantedeschia rehmanni and Zantedeschia pentandii parentage all seemed to resent our wet winter soils. We initially grew these parent species in the 1990s but moved on to growing the hybrids by 1992. They were good looking plants in their first years when we sold them, but we stopped growing all of these hybrids by 2008 because, like the parent species, they were not sustainable in our gardens without the corms being lifted.
This information about Zantedeschia 'Solar Flare' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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