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Author Message   Bloomorelse  Posted on Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 08:31 pm EST :    Anyone grow these? I just ordered some and potted them up last week. The bag said to plant 6" deep. I am planting in a pot, is 2" deep enough, and when could I expect them to bloom? Thanks for your help. Joan Bloomorelse - New Brunswick, Zone "4b"   Plantynut  Supporting Member My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 03:42 am EST :    It's one of my favorite flowers and I grow these all the time but I have never seen it offered as a bulb. I buy the plants. Good luck with this. Plantynut - New York, Zone "7"   Rain1950  My Time Posted on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 12:03 pm EST :    As they are listed as tender; most norther nurseries get them going early in greenhouses. I have only bought them as bulbs; they are borderline in our winters so they go in with other not-so-hardy's and get a heavy mulch. If they are Alstroemeria psittacina; the Common names are Peruvian Lily/Lily of the Incas If potted; do you mean to protect them over=winter? 2" would be OK in a pot; however you made need to stake them. Mine, I plant 4" and mulch for winter. Rain1950 - Washington, Zone "8"   Bloomorelse  Posted on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 02:33 pm EST :    I was planning to leave on my patio in a large pot and bring them in for the winter. On another garden forum, people from zones 2 and 3 treat them like a calla lily and just put pot and all in the basement for the winter, and bring them up about January or February to restart them. The roots I got actually look something like a dahlia tuber but smaller. Bloomorelse - New Brunswick, Zone "4b"   Galanthophile  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, May 05, 2007 - 02:56 am EST :    Mine grow like weeds in my garden. Nice flowers but they are starting to take over a particular patch in my border! They have longish white fleshy roots. Galanthophile - Ann (Northern England), Zone "8"   Charliepben  My Garden Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 08:38 am EST :    A wonderful flower Charliepben - Montluel, Zone "don't know"   Lovinlife  Supporting Member Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 12:35 pm EST :    I've always used the double-bulb rule for all bulbs -- that is, if the bulb is 1" in diameter, plant it 2" deep. Like Arlene, I've grown Alstroemerias, but always bought the plants. I no longer have them, but they were hardy in my zone 5 for at least three years -- albeit in a protected place next to the house. Charlie: Tres Jolie -- Beautiful Photo and Beautiful Alstroemeria! Welcome to GB. Have you introduced yourself to us in the Social Forum? Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"

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