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Garden Weekends - November 2008

Alstroemeria Pulchella

November 26th 2008 06:08
: Peruvian Lilly


Though this plant is native to Peru it is also called the New Zealand Christmas bell, because of its popularity in that country where it flowers at Christmas time.

A fairly hardy herbacious perennial that produces 4 - 5 cm wide red and green flowers with red brown spots. This plant flowers early to mid summer with each stem having 4 - 6 flowers on it, prefers a sunny to semi shaded position in the garden. Easily propagted by division when dormant or seed sown in the spring.

Mine grow in clumps toward the front of shrubs, but would also make an effective border in a garden.
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HIPPEASTRUM

November 9th 2008 07:13
: Flowering Bulb


Few flowering bulbs are more spectacular than hippeastrums. These trumpet shaped tropical lilies are indigenous to South America but cultivated almost everywhere as pot plants.
The flowers can be up to 30 centimetres across, and come in colours from white streaked with red to deepest crimson. Flowers develop before the leaves, in clusters of three or four on top of a large hollow stem.

Hippeastrums normally flower at the end of spring, grow best in heavy rich soil and make a great plant for pots. Plant with the neck of the bulb showing just above the soil.
I have many different colour hippeastrums in my garden that quickly multiply to form large clumps that I'm always happy to dig up and share with friends. I also like to collect the seeds that easily grow.


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