| TEXT: Alstroemeria hookeri LILIACEAE ( ALSTROEMERIACEAE)
We have grown this species here for 10 years and it never fails to delight
us every year. Our plants grow to 4" and flowers only after the leaves
wither completely. The species is I understand Peruvian. We have found
that it grows best in our alpine troughs or in raised beds. In both structures
we use a growing media based on composted pine bark (Pinus radiata), the
use of peat here is not common and is becoming less so, in my case this
is a philosophical and environmental position, also bark media are much
more reliable. Propagation is either from seed, which when fresh germinates
well in a high airfilled porosity media, or from division which is less
reliable. |
