misadvice on calla lilies

When I bought my first calla bulbs, they were listed as growing in shade. Of course, I didn't get any blooms. I finally looked in the PLants Files and found they like sun-a little shade..
I have some miniature lavender ones. Since I'm in zone 6-7, I guess I need to dig them and plant them in a sunnier location in the spring. Is there any other advice, say, about what kind of fertilizer and how often. Am I right about the sun (I live in a cooler mountaintop climate). Elaborate on anything you think would be helpful

I don't usually follow this forum but I happened to be looking at the list of new threads and saw this one...I have a bunch of callas (the plain old white ones) that are growing in almost complete shade and they bloom just fine. Some of them get some morning sun, but there are several that are underneath my deck and I don't think they ever get any direct sun (although it's fairly bright shade, not really deep/dark shade). They don't bloom well when it's hot out though so I think that may be your problem more than the shade. Mine live outdoors all year and they do most of their blooming in the fall and spring when temps are a bit cooler (can't remember if they kept blooming all winter last year or not). So if you bought some and planted them in the spring, my guess is by the time they got their roots going, it was too warm out for them to want to bloom, and depending on when you dig them up in the fall they might not have got around to blooming yet. As far as fertilizer I never fertilize mine--they grow a bit too well all on their own, I think if I fertilized them they'd take over the entire yard! LOL

woodspirit, I think the issue here is the type of calla. The Z.rehmanii hybrids, which are the colorful types, require more sun. Its the Z.aethiopica types that tolerate shade, like the traditional large, white calla and 'Green Goddess'. They're all considered pretty heavy feeders; I use osmocote and soluble from time to time when watering the potted ones, but never bother fertilizing those in the ground, just plenty of compost.

thanks y'all. I don't think summer heat is a problem because we are cooler up here in the Appalachians. We rarely get over 80 deg. here. These are miniature lavender ones. Should I just cut off the leaves and store them in the fridge for the winter?

They don't need to be in the fridg, just a cool, dry place will be fine. I always found them easy to store and never had any issues with them drying out. Once they're in their new home I don't think you'll have to dig them anymore. I've been experimenting for the last 4 years with overwintering them in the ground, they've proven hardy with no extra protection.

Thanks, I have everything I need now. I really love the yellow ones the best.....