It was all an experiment I have 3, 1 I kept in unheated sunporch where it's been quite cold. It's still compatively small, it's had nights as low as 20 degrees out there (but obviously covered).. the 2nd was moved to sunporch about 3 weeks ago, once I rudely transplanted it (if that's what you call yanking it up by it's poor leaves) into a 12x17" pot... it's smaller than the one in house, maybe a bit more than 2 feet tall byt 1 foot wide, but not small, just not in bloom yet...One is in house. The one in house started blooming about 6 days ago (when tuber planted in Feb), it's GORGEOUS, all my complaining from before aside). LIGHTLY fragrant, meaning you have to put your nose right up to it. But it's not an unpleasant fragrance at all... very clean. The blooms are comparatively small (maybe2x2) compared to the huge leaves... It's..I'm sure, restrained in size by the pot, but it's currently 33" tall by 32" wide (almost symmetrical!) The pots with the 2 largest are 17x17", that's as large as I had... They probably would've appreciated larger, but...So if started and kept warm, flowering time took 2 months, which is amazing, maybe 9 weeks... I learned not to keep them TOO moist, or a black edge occurs on a leave or flower. Moisture, yes, boggy, no... the 2 pots don't have GREAT drainage... I won't be able to lift the upstairs pot down and outside when it's time by myself. I don't know how long they bloom. Inside, the stretch to sun (south and west big windows)... but outside the tag says part shade. I won't know how to store them over winter, once done and died back... and am afraid at how much larger the tuber may be.. I can't imagine growing ouside, they again the tag says hardy to zone 6 (I'd mulch heavily) as they need warmth and by the time the ground would warm enough for growth, and the ROOM needed for growth.... well, I guess it would work... That's another year... I'd recommend...for the leaves alone. 11" long, brillant green, prominent enough veining.. If in pots, not for those with bad backs.. Amy

The so-called "water calla" is actually Zantedeschia aethiopica (a.k.a. common calla), which can grow in either wet/damp soil, or in the pond, as long as it's not submerged above the crown, Catherine. Its leaves can be either spotted nor not, but the flowers are always in the white range. Any others besides the Z. aethiopica prefer regular water during growth and bloom, and otherwise, kept dry. The common callas do like to be fed, so I'd try one pond tab a month, as you said. Mine in the ground get Miracle Grow once a month. :) Brenda

No, the flowers were really shaped more like a calla lily, with a single petal and very prominent stamen (which was the same reddish color as the flower). The color of the flowers was more of a coral-ish reddish orange, like the color of a lobster. Not the bright orange of the marmalade bush.

arlene212, different callas need different conditions. If they are the white ones native to FL, (don't know scientific name) then they like moist soil. They could also be suffering from transplant shock.. Try taking them out of full sun for a few days to let them adjust.