Green Goddess Calla Lily (Zantedeschia Aethiopica)

A herbaceous perennial that forms a large clump of arrow-shaped leaves to 3-5 feet tall (tallest in shade) that arise from fleshy rhizomes. This species of calla can be evergreen on the coast if irrigated during summer months but is otherwise summer dormant.

In colder climates they can freeze back with a frost but quickly recover. In coastal irrigated gardens flowering is often year-round or in late winter to early summer if not irrigated.

The typical species produces a large white trumpet-shaped bract called a spathe that surrounds a spike of faintly fragrant yellow flowers on a structure called a spadix that is borne atop 3-foot-tall thick stalks but with 'Green Goddess' the white spathe is generously mottled with green from the middle up and near the tip is entirely green.

Zone 7