Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria × hybrida) — bulb plant.
Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria × hybrida) – bulb plant. Alstroemeria (Inca lily) gives long-lasting bunches of speckled flowers, excellent as cut flowers.
Benefits
- Early, fragrant flowering
- Comes back year after year
Seasonal care
- Spring: Start of the growing season: apply a suitable fertiliser and provide sun or partial shade.
- Summer: Water moderately.
- Autumn: Autumn is a good time for planting; gradually reduce watering.
- Winter: Tolerates down to -10°C; in cold areas protect the base with mulch.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Alstroemeria × hybrida
- Botanical family: Alstroemeriaceae
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Foliage: Deciduous
- Exposure: Sun / partial shade
- Placement: Outdoors
- Growth rate: Medium
- Minimum temperature: -10 °C
- Drought resistance: Medium
- Mature height: 20-60 cm
- Mature width: 10-25 cm
- Flowering period: June–September
- Flower colour: Mixed
- Fragrance: Pleasant
- Soil: Well drained, fertile
- pH: 6,0-7,5
- Watering: Moderate
- Fertilising: At the start of growth and after flowering
- Pruning: Let the leaves dry off naturally
- Mulching: Optional
- Product code: 4019360
- EAN code: 6420384019360
Warnings
- Plant the bulbs in autumn
- Let the foliage die back naturally
Frequently asked questions
Does it survive winter outdoors?
Partly – it tolerates down to -10°C; in very cold areas protect the base or shelter it.
What exposure and watering does it prefer?
Sun / partial shade; moderate watering. Alstroemeria (Inca lily) gives long-lasting bunches of speckled flowers, excellent as cut flowers.
When does it flower?
Flowering period: June-September.
