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Alstroemeria summer breeze HELP

topping1981topping1981 Posts: 3
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Hi I am a very keen but inexperenced gardener.

I have an Alstroemeria summer breeze with produced some beautiful flowers this year. Its planted in a very large pot and now in the garage to protect it from the winter and getting blower over.

 

I am very confused what to do once the flowers go. I have tried reading about it on line and some people say to deadhead the flowers and others say to cut it right back to ground level?? What do I do??

Now that its in the garage its now shooting and looks like new flowers are starting to come out.

 

What do I do?? Any advice would be appricated...

 

Thanks

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140

    I'd leave it outside - now that it's in the protection of the garage it thinks it's summer and time to flower.

    I'd put the pot outside in a sheltered corner - put the pot on feet so that it drains freely and wrap the pot with a couple of layers of bubble wrap to protect it from frost damage.

    The alstroemeria is pretty tough - it'll be ok outside image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • topping1981topping1981 Posts: 3

    Thanks for the replies, a little bit mixed?? 

    What happens if i cut these back?? will it need cut back eventually as will it not grow to big, will this affect the flowering for the flowing bloom

    Do I just pull the whole stem out what is flowering??

     

     

  • topping1981topping1981 Posts: 3

    And the old stems do these flower again or do they die off and new stems appear??

     

    Thanks again

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,140
    Verdun wrote (see)

    frost will....for sure....decimate the foliage.  

    No way would I put it out now.  image

    But that's what happens every winter ... they grow again in the spring - at least that's what happens in Norfolk.  Probably down in Cornwall they never get cut back ... image

    What I would do is as soon as they show signs of life in the spring I would re-pot them in fresh compost - probably John Innes No 2 with a handful of grit - and they'll romp away image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NGLittleSeedlingsNGLittleSeedlings Posts: 729

    I leave mine outside in a pot in a slightly sheltered position, I just pull our any stems that are fading when they're ready. 

  • NGLittleSeedlingsNGLittleSeedlings Posts: 729

    Oh yes I forgot about that. I would gradually harden it off to acclimatise it and follow the above steps, however next year after summer I personally would leave it outside in a sheltered position in my garden, but it's whatever works best for you image 

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