About Long Island Gardener Expertise Growing Tulips? Dahlias? Daffodils? Gladiolus? It doesn't get easier than bulbs and tubers. Once in a while, something goes wrong: The dreaded Narcissus Bulb Fly, which resembles a honeybee. Mosaic virus, which can ignite a field of tulips in a single season. Nematodes, lurking underground. Here on the North Shore of Long Island, the garden is full of surprises. If you live in the Northeast/Atlantic Coast, I can help you pick the right bulb for every season, indoors and out, and help you fertilize, bloom and harvest for home or work. How: I have degrees in related fields, but my best understanding is all learned from trial and error. For most of my 53 years I have been gardening somewhere. No matter what the problem, I've learned the best answers are always Organic -- Earth friendly, less expensive, healthier for people and pets, easier and cleaner than toxic liquids and powders that big chemical companies sell so smoothly.
Experience Besides degrees in related fields, and a few favorite horticultural societies, I work as a docent at our local botanical gardens -- but it's the years of work in the garden that's the real test.
Question How do calla lily bulbs come to be? I have a beautiful white calla lily that I planted in a large planter after Mother's Day. It has grown nicely and produced many flowers. What I thought was going to be another flower is actually like a pod with lots of round ?bulbs? Do you know what these are? I live in zone 7 also, Massapequa, NY. Thanks for your help.
Answer Read all about Calla Lily Seeds at online retailer 'doug green's flower-garden-bulbs.com':
www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/callalilyseeds.html
They write, 'In a good warm year, calla lily seeds are found hanging on the plant just behind where the flower was. (yes, they do set seed and yes, you can grow new plants from these seeds) :-) '
Sounds like your thumbs may be Green, too, neighbor.
