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Other Names:  Peruvian Lily

Group/Class:  Colorita® Series

Description:

This impressive selection presents stunning fuchsia-purple blooms, with cream centers and dramatic burgundy spots; attractive, mounded green foliage provides contrast; blooms last well as cut flowers; a great indoor accent plant in a bright area

Features & Attributes

Colorita® Tamara® Alstroemeria features showy bracted fuchsia trumpet-shaped flowers with purple overtones, creamy white throats and burgundy spots at the ends of the stems from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its glossy pointy leaves remain dark green in color 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, Colorita® Tamara® Alstroemeria can be expected to grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 12 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. 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 --