Zantedeschia

Bring the beauty of nursery-grown plants straight to your garden with our carefully nurtured collections, grown by our small, family-run team at our nursery in Somerset. Available for mail order across the UK, it’s easy to buy plants online with confidence. Our hardy plants range from shrubs and ferns to ornamental grasses and herbaceous perennials, our plants are grown in peat-free compost and packed with care to arrive healthy and ready to thrive. With reliable delivery our collections make it simple to create a beautiful, sustainable garden in the UK.

The hardy forms of Zantedeschia are varieties that derive from the species Zantedeschia  aethiopica and Zantedeschia pentlandii, these are mainly white flowered varieties sometimes having coloured throats like Zantedeschia aethiopica Kiwi Blush. Zantedeschia pentlandii is striking in having bright yellow flowers.

All the Zantedeschia we grow here are the hardy forms. To ensure these plants thrive in your garden it is best to plant them in moist soil in semi-shade, bright sun can slow their growth and scorch the leaves. Also in mild winters these perennials can be evergreen and put on growth through winter, in this scenario a sharp frost will kill these fresh shoots of the top growth but will not harm the plant, it will just re-shoot from the root in spring. A good mulch over winter greatly helps the plant too by insulating the shoots just below the soil from frost and ensuring a good strong root base from which masses of shoots will appear in the spring.

These plants can also be grown in containers and for this they will respond best to a loam based compost, they don't want to be planted too deep and respond well to regular feeding. When grown in pots the plants should be protected over winter as the root is above the ground (in the pot) and can be damaged by frost. The containers should be watered regularly and the compost should be kept moist at all times. These plants grow well in the UK, we have them here on our nursery in the South West of England but with a bit of protection (fleece in extreme conditions, mulch or moving containers into a greenhouse) they can be grown all over the UK.

  • Height: Easily maintained to 1.5m, Flowering Stems up to 2m 
  • Spread: Easily maintained to 1m
  • Foliage Colour: Green with white spots, large leaves
  • Flower Colour: White or yellow funnel shaped flowers, some have tinted throats
  • Soil Type: Moist, boggy, loam, chalk, thrives in moist conditions
  • Position: Semi Shade - Shade
  • Hardiness: Reasonably Hardy once established, H4 (-5 to -10), cold conditions may damage leaves but the plant will re shoot from the base
  • Type: Evergreen