Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria 'Inticancha Dark Purple'
Height: 14 inches
Spacing: 14 inches
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Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Other Names: Peruvian Lily
Group/Class: Inticancha® Series
Description:
This impressive, compact and dense variety presents stunning deep purple blooms with dramatic burgundy spots; mounded, dark green foliage provides contrast; blooms last well as cut flowers
Ornamental Features
Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria features showy bracted deep purple trumpet-shaped flowers with creamy white overtones and burgundy spots at the ends of the stems from early summer to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.
Landscape Attributes
Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria is an herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 14 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 14 inches apart. Although it's not a true annual, this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.
Inticancha® Dark Purple Alstroemeria is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
