[pbs] Alstromeria
Angela and Dean Offer
angelasgarden at bigpond.com
Sat Jun 3 20:47:24 EDT 2006
Hello thanks David
Can you tell me a little about the Bomarea,
what do they look like, grow like?
Angela
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Victor" <davidxvictor at btinternet.com>
To: <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Alstromeria
> I've just read the pieces about Alstromeria and their hardiness and
> thought that I might some experience from the UK.
>
> I grow a fair number of species Alstromeria, mainly from John Watson
> collections. All of them are grown in deep pots in a cold greenhouse
> - late frosts in my part of the UK (most years the last one is around
> this point of the year) make it impossible to grow them
> outside. Normally they flower in mid spring, mostly April
> time. However, this year, a cold period early in the year penetrated
> the greenhouse protection and destroyed some of the top growth. As a
> result, they have been set back by a couple of months and are just
> coming into flower now. A. pulchra, A. patagonica, A gayan, A.
> pelegrina and A. magenta are all in flower today and more are breaking.
>
> The Bomarea suffered a similar fate and are also in the process of
> flowering today.
>
> Incidentally, someone asked last year for me to swap notes on
> Watson's collections. Sadly, I have lost the note, so I would
> welcome a reminder of who it was.
>
> Best regards,
> David Victor
>
>
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