Pick a bouquet a week – and the flowers still keep coming!
There’s a great deal of excitement at Thompson & Morgan, one of the UK’s largest mail order seed and
plant companies. And it’s all about some very unusual plants!
We’ve all seen bunches of alstroemeria (or Peruvian tree lilies) in florists and supermarkets, but this new 3 variety mix is very different. Thompson & Morgan has specially selected 3 distinctively bicoloured, long-stemmed and vigorous varieties which were originally grown exclusively for the cut flower industry and were not until now available to the home gardener.
Kelly, from the Design Team being creative with these wonderful bouquet flowers
The long, strong stems are extremely ‘upwardly mobile’ and ‘knit’ together to form a fabulous column of colour from June to November, with plants typically producing in excess of 30-40 flower stems each. You really can pick a bouquet of beautiful, florist-quality alstroemeria blooms each week throughout the summer and the plants will just keep churning out more.
T&M’s new product development manager, Michael Perry says, ‘These alstroemeria are 4 feet taller than any others we’ve seen! They are very unusual varieties which are rarely available. We’re thrilled to be able to offer them.’
He is urging gardeners to grow some for themselves. ‘Get them going up a frame or obelisk in a pot on the
patio, up a fence at the back of a border or up the side of a fence – they’ll get taller and more colourful by the day.’
A fantastic array of colours and shades
These commercial-quality, premium plants are now available to gardeners who will be pleased to hear that they are all hardy varieties which will successfully overwinter and produce even more flower stems in their second year.
Rebecca works in the Marketing department as part of the busy web team, focusing on updating the UK news and blog pages and Thompson & Morgan’s international website. Rebecca enjoys gardening and learning about flowers and growing vegetables with her young daughter.
It has been very interesting reading all the comments, I tried to grow three colours of Alstromeria at the back of my border and failed miserably. I just left them alone hoping they would spring into life again this spring, but absolutely nothing has appeared so I am afraid to try again in case I lose them all once more. I have them in pots and they all more than survived our harsh winter and are busting at the seams as it were, so what did I do wrong? I hope you can help as I love these plants.
Kind Regards,
Marian .
Hi Marian,
it’s possible that you’ve done nothing wrong at all, the tubers could have been attacked and eaten by a pest, a particularly hard frost may have rotted them etc. Have you dug where they were planted to see if the roots are still there at all?
It may be that you are better off growing alstro’s in pots too – don’t give up!
All the best
Graham
I’ve bought them last year and they flowered throughout the winter (since it’s mild). So far I have only two colours flowered (pink and white) and waiting for the other one to flower. They are big blossoms and worth the money.
Well done T&M
Best wishes,
Elango
Hi Rebecca,
Well done for convincing the cut flower guys to release a few more of their fantastic Alstroemeria plants ! No mean feat.
I grow over ninety different cultivars and if ever more are forthcoming I will certainly buy them,
cheers John
Thanks John! Wow, growing that many must keep you busy! Kind regards, Rebecca.
I have bought several bulbs to grow these lovely flowers but been very unsuccessful can you tell me what might be the reason.
Dear Sandra, I’m sorry to hear that you’ve had disappointing results. I’ll ask a customer care agent to contact you with more information. Best wishes, Rebecca
Amazing. Always wonder whether something like this will actually grow like the picture. was only on here for competition but am fascinated with the plants.
They really are stunning!