Marsh calla is an aquatic perennial plant similar to feces, which is why it got its second name - marsh feces. The flowers are white in color, the peduncle grows up to 30 cm. The plant blooms all summer, but it is beautiful all year round. The decorative appearance is preserved during the ripening of the fruit.
In the wild, the flower prefers to grow in swampy areas and near rivers in wet areas. Mid-August is the time for fruit ripening. These are red berries covered with mucus. Waterfowl love to eat the fruits of the calla, which carry the seeds of the plant.
The calla flower has been known to man since ancient times. Its Russian names in Dahl's dictionary sound like this: snake-grass, serpentine, krasukha, snake, lake shift worker, white companion, body-dweller, swamp, bread box, beaver, cockerels. Many names are given to the plant in the Belarusian language: guska, shawls. The British call him swamp arum. There is a mention of this flower in the fairy tales of the Latvian writer Anna Sakse.
Varieties
There are quite a few flower color options. In the store you can buy Ethiopian zantedechia withwhite bedspreads, give preference to Elliot's yellow santedechia or become the owner of a delicate pink flower of Reman's santedechia. In addition, interspecific hybrids are found in orange, cream, even lilac and carmine shades. But New Zealand is rightfully considered the world supplier of this beautiful flower.
How to care
Marsh calla is quite unpretentious, so it does not require any special care. Its territory is a shallow and calm body of water or moist clay soil next to water. Loves the sun, but does well in the shade.
A feature of this flower is considered to be very fast growth in a favorable environment. Therefore, in order to control, you need to cut off new shoots in time.
The plant hibernates in a pond, it does not require any additional warming. Even the middle zone of Russia suits the flower, it is not afraid of the Russian winter. Moreover, he simply needs a long cold to start flowering.
Marsh wild rosemary. Reproduction
The flower is cultivated by dividing the root or seeds. In autumn, seeds are placed in the soil to a depth of 15 cm. No additional care is required. But the roots are divided in the spring. You need to plant parts of the roots in containers. The soil is taken with peat, and on top it must be covered with a layer of clay to prevent leaching of nutrients. Containers with flowers should be immersed in the pond by 15 cm. This method will allow spontaneous growth to be controlled.calla. But you can just dig the plant into the ground or press it with a stone not very tightly so as not to interfere with germination. When the flower takes root, the stones are stacked denser.
By the way
Do you know that the marsh calla is a poisonous flower. Its leaves and berries are considered especially dangerous.
Where applicable
Marsh calla, whose photos show all its charm, is considered the most unpretentious, but very effective decoration of artificial ponds in personal plots. The reservoir looks especially beautiful during periods of mass flowering of the plant.
