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Overwintering alstroemerias in a bed

dabrisinr46Bdhr7dabrisinr46Bdhr7 Posts: 1
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I have some alstroemerias planted in a bed. I have never grown them before. Most advice is to put a mulch on them. Do I cover the whole plant or just around the plant ? Could I cover each plant with say a flower pot, or do they need light in the winter. 
Any advice very welcome

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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    I haven’t heard that you need to mulch them overwinter and have never given ours any sort of winter protection. They will die back completely overwinter so don’t need any light.
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  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Whereabouts are you?  I find they cope outside with out any special treatment, though a mulch can't do any harm.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    I grow them in containers with no protection. I would only give them protection if there is an unusually cold spell.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I have lost them during very cold winters, but usually they are fine.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Mulching certainly won't do any harm, as it helps keep weeds at bay and improves the soil, but just put it around the plant, not over it. A thick layer of wet compost or manure isn't great for emerging soft growth. 
    Not all of them cope with severe temps  long term, as @punkdoc says.
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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    edited December 2021
    Posy said:
    Whereabouts are you?  I find they cope outside with out any special treatment, though a mulch can't do any harm.
    In Birmingham, so not the coldest part of the UK but we are on top of a hill facing East so don’t think we get much “city” effect re temperatures. They survived the “beast from the east” and that was there first winter planted.

    I think they can be more vulnerable overwinter in water logged soil
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    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
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