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Discovered alstroemeria last year at RHS Rosemoor. Bought some in a garden centre sale and they’ve each grown in a large pot in the front garden and they’ve flowered and flowered like made. In pots because like you we have heavy clay, so I do like pots. So pleased with them bought some for our BIL for Christmas to arrive in late March. Thank you for the video.
Linda. Thanks for the message, so pleased that you have found the beauty that is Alstromeria. Such a great plant that, as you say, just flowers and flowers.
@@user-yf4zp1lr9m Hi Marion. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message. Glad to be of help to you. Alstroemeria are such a great plant that just keep flowering all summer. Enjoy your gardening 🌸🌼
Amazing plant... Blooms from april-may to mid-late october. Low maintenance, just need regular watering. Best thing i ever planted! And bees love it, as much or even more than lavender! Thanks for the video
Greeting's from Ireland, Great video and nice job, I have six pots of alstroemeria two Indian summer and four other's with different colour's. They are much hardier than people think and scarlet lily bettle's give them a miss.
Hi Nicholas. Thanks for the watch and the message. Yeah I do like an alstroemeria, they flower for such a long time and are pretty easy to look after. They don’t get lily beetle as they are not in the lily family so that is also a bonus. Enjoy your flowers 🌸🌼
Love the way you take control of the plant & cut, split, pluck & generally show it who’s boss; I’m obviously terrified I’ll kill it & therein lies my problem. 😩 I have 2 giant black leaved lilies with fierce orange blooms but they flower very feebly & never bulk up; I know you’ll know what they’re called so what am I doing wrong? I’ve tried in the ground & in a pot twice each & both are very dismal results. 😱😱 Thanks so much Ian. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Are they Canna Lily? Long strap like leaves with the flower held above on a separate stem? If it’s a Canna then they need full sun and also constant moisture to their root. Also, a decent amount of feed. After flowering cut off the whole flowering stem and liquid feed with a nitrogen fertiliser. If it’s a normal Lily such as a tiger lily then it would purely be down to lack of feed and possibly too much water. Do you have a photo of the flower or leaf to identify from?
Thanks again for another interesting and educational video, I would like to have a go at growing these, they are quite expensive to buy at between £8 and £10 for a 9 cm pot which contains one rhizome, are they difficult to grow from the rhizome which appear cheaper. Many thanks Dave
Thanks Dave, glad you liked the video. Yes they are an expensive plant to buy and that is because the named varieties can only be propagated vegetatively. The one I bought was about £12 and in a 3 litre pot. Buying from a garden centre is actually better value than as mail order where you only get a small 9 or 10cm pot size for similar money. Once you have a plant they are pretty easy to grow. They certainly produce a good flower display each year.
@@diyhomeandgardening 'Thank you for your helpful reply, I will look for a similar size to yours in my local family run nursery,my wife is always buying bunches of these as they last such a long time .Thanks again and look forward to your future video's.
Good Video. Thanks for that. I have subscribed and looking forwarded to more of your ideas/demos. I have an Indian summer audit Sid now nearly the end of Aug (in Essex) the plants are still flowering and I have what look like many seed pods on the plants can I grow these seeds next year and how and when do I take them off of the plant. Do they need to dry out before I remove them or can I take them off and let them dry out completely?
Hi Derek. First of all many thanks for watching the video, subscribing and taking the time to message. I’m in Essex too. The pods you mention are seeds but honestly I wouldn’t bother with trying to dry them to grow from. Like all seeds, they won’t come true to type so you most likely won’t end up with more plants that flower and perform like Indian Summer. Also, from seed it will take you 2 or 3 years to get a flower. Much easier to lift and divide you plant every couple of years instead. If you are not intending to keep the seeds then you should remove them and that stem as a whole. Simply pull the stem at a 45 degree angle to remove the stem. You pull the stems off rather than cut back. Hope this helps you 🌸🌼
I wonder is it just as easy to lift and devide one thats growing in the garden. Years ago i was getting rid of a plain orange one that was growing in a 4 ft raised brick area and those roots must have been 4 ft long too. There were tons of roots.
Thanks for your message. It’s just as easy to divide them up from the garden. You are right, the roots seem to spread quite quickly. I had one in a previous garden and it seemed to go from a tiny plant one year to something a couple of feet in width the next. Enjoy the flowers though.
Sorry posted before I had finished, I believe with these you just grip the stem near the bottom at soil level and with a sharp tug, remove the whole stem, this is how I was shown and works, no dead bits from where it was cut, hope this helps,
@@johngore7864 Hi John. Thanks for watching and the message. During growing season and for removing dead flowers you are correct in just pulling out the spent stems, at a 45degree angle. At the end of season I always cut my perennial plants down to leave a shoot about 6” or so above ground level, as a reminder of what is planted. Once fresh growth is visible then the old shoots are removed. Obviously all stems can be pulled at end of season if so wish but the presence of stems is normally enough of a reminder for me not to empty the pot or dig the ground 😄
@@diyhomeandgardening makes complete sense, enjoyed the video, found it when looking to see when and how to divide my potted plants , as you said, amazing showy colourful plants right through the summer, I have the same, Indian Summer, bought online and at first thought I’d been ripped off, got three tiny plants for about £13 but they have grown really well in large pots and have repaid me handsomely for a few years now, will divide when the weather has become warmer, from the looks on your video, the daffodils are just about done ?? April ish I guess
@@johngore7864 I got mine from a local garden centre, they tend to be better value than mail order. I also got a pink one called summer breeze, I think. April is the tine to divide Alstroemeria so you should be able to get quite a few new plants this year. Happy gardening 🌸
Hi Jane. Thanks for watching and your question. There isn’t a specific answer but generally, if you have divided the plant this year, it will double in size by the end of next year. Alstroemeria are pretty robust plants and even following division will still produce plenty of flower stems in the same year. Hope that helps 🌺
Hi. Thanks for your message. Alstroemeria can’t be propagated by taking stem cutting. In order to get more plants you can either divide up an existing clump, as shown in this video, or try to grow the plants from seed. If you try to grow them from seed then it will take a long time to get a plant of flowering size, and the plant may not be true to the plant that the seed came from. I hope this helps you.
Many thanks for watching and for your message. The best time to divide an Alstroemeria is in early spring. In the U.K. that is the month of April just as the plants are starting to show new growing tips. Hope this helps you and all the best 🌸
Hi Kiran. Thanks for watching and your message. You can get seeds of Alstroemeria but the seeds are generally as a basic mix, not as named varieties. The better performing names varieties are only available as a plant. Hope this helps. Enjoy your gardening
