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Moana Nursery High Desert Plant Finder & Guide

Other Names:  Peruvian Lily

Description:

This standout variety presents stunning coppery-orange and golden yellow blooms with fine burgundy spots; mounded, dark bronze-green foliage adds interest; blooms last very well as cut flowers; a great indoor accent plant in a bright area

Features & Attributes

Indian Summer™ Alstroemeria features showy bracted orange trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow overtones and burgundy spots at the ends of the stems from early summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive crimson flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive pointy leaves remain grayish green in color with showy coppery-bronze variegation and tinges of black throughout the year.

This is an herbaceous houseplant with a mounded form. This plant usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning.

Planting & Growing

When grown indoors, Indian Summer™ Alstroemeria can be expected to grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity extending to 4 feet tall with the flowers, with a spread of 5 feet. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years. This houseplant will do well in a location that gets either direct or indirect sunlight, although it will usually require a more brightly-lit environment than what artificial indoor lighting alone can provide. It does best in average to evenly moist soil, but will not tolerate standing water. The surface of the soil shouldn't be allowed to dry out completely, and so you should expect to water this plant once and possibly even twice each week. Be aware that your particular watering schedule may vary depending on its location in the room, the pot size, plant size and other conditions; if in doubt, ask one of our experts in the store for advice. It will benefit from a regular feeding with a general-purpose fertilizer with every second or third watering. It is not particular as to soil type or pH; an average potting soil should work just fine.

There are many factors that will affect the ultimate height, spread and overall performance of a plant when grown indoors; among them, the size of the pot it's growing in, the amount of light it receives, watering frequency, the pruning regimen and repotting schedule. Use the information described here as a guideline only; individual performance can and will vary. Please contact the store to speak with one of our experts if you are interested in further details concerning recommendations on pot size, watering, pruning, repotting, etc.

-- THIS IS A HOUSEPLANT AND IS NOT MEANT TO SURVIVE THE WINTER OUTDOORS IN OUR CLIMATE --