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Orange alstromeria

thefostersthefosters Posts: 78
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I have an area in my new garden about 3mx3m and I have just been told that the plant covering this area is alstromeria. It is very dense and must have been there for some time. Any suggestions as to how I can get rid of it.

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  • artjakartjak Posts: 4,167

    You could dig up clumps of it, pot them and sell them at your gateimage These are moderately expensive plants in the G/C, and well worth selling I would think. I grow mine in a large pot, so don't know how large the roots are in the open ground.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128

    Think I paid £9 for one in a two litre pot.last year. image


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  • Gillian MillardGillian Millard Posts: 14

    Hi could you possibly put  a pic on of your alstromeria, just curious as i was wondering if it is crocosmia montbretia which i know spreads rapidly, and i had to dig mine out and gave it away ?

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,008

    If you really have a 3m square patch of alstromeria you are sitting on a gold mine as "the fosters" says.  They don't root very deep and could easily be lifted and potted up.

  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053

    The orange alstromeria is a proper thug. Almost impossible to dig up all of it. It just keeps on growing! Good luck.

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  • 4thPanda4thPanda Posts: 4,145

    I bought one of those last year but I don't think it's come back image

  • BookertooBookertoo Posts: 1,306

    I've spent much of the afternoon trying to eradicate the orange one!! Have a beautiful more elegant one in a pot in the greenhouse, gorgeous, but these orange thugs - grrrrrrr

  • pierispieris Posts: 18

    Hi, I thought alstromeria was hard to grow, I bought a small plant of it I think just last year and it has grown quite a bit, its orangey/reddish and has just started to flower, if its a bit of a thug I may get rid of it, i'm always digging up overgrown plants, i'll try and post a pic of it soon, wud like to know if its a thug! 

  • thefostersthefosters Posts: 78

    Thanks for all the replies, but even if I am sitting on a goldmine it is still a thug!!! I decided yesterday to start digging over the area and even at a spades depth I was still cutting through the white fleshy roots. I am going to lift all my other plants in this area and cover the ground with black polythene and leave it until next year.

    No flowers yet this year so can't send a pic.

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