Bulbs: What to do with these Peruvian Lilies, 1 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
Alstroemeria are native to Chile. Your plants are modern hybrids and aren't as demanding as the species. In their native habitat they have wet winters and dry summers. Since they are deeply rooted they don't dry out (go dormant) until mid summer in Chile. I used them as a landscape plant in San Francisco CA, but, they weren't all that great because they like sun and lots of it. It is very foggy in parts of SF.

The advice given above is good for the hybrids, but, they prefer cool weather. If you live where is gets warm at night for the summer months then you should cut back on watering, even let them go dormant until fall. If you are growing them were it is cool most of the year they are easy.

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Rain lily is my favorite bulb for the near tropics.