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Alstroemeria x ‘Deep Rose’ Jazze Series

Alstroemeria x ‘Deep Rose’ Jazze Series

COMMON NAMES

Deep Rose Jazze Series Peruvian Lily, Lily of the Incas, Parrot Lily, Parrot Flower

Alstroemeria (al-streh-MEE-ree-uh) - named in honor of Baron Claus Alstoemer, a friend of Linnaeus

'Deep Rose' Jazze Series - hybrid name and series

GROUP

Monocot

FAMILY

Alstroemeriaceae

ORIGIN

Species: Chile, South America; Cultivar/Series -

DESCRIPTION

Deep Rose Peruvian Lily is an herbaceous perennial that averages 12 to 18 inches in height with a 8 to 16 inch spread. It has a mounded, upright growth habit from tubers.

Leaves are evergreen, lance-shaped, simple with entire margins, 3 to 4 inches long, sometimes twisted, and bluish green in color.

The rose-pink flowers have inner petals that are partially yellow, often with black stripes and are borne on upright stems. The bloom period is spring to late summer, though it can be quite variable depending on the growing region, temperature, and photoperiod length.

HARDINESS

It is hardy in USDA zones 7 to 11. It is evergreen in warmer areas and deciduous in colder zones. It is treated as an annual farther north.

LIGHT

Full sun; partial shade with a minimum of 3 hrs. of sun; it tolerates full sun in cooler areas, though the flowers tend to fade in full sun. Too much shade will reduce flowering. It can be used indoors in bright, indirect light.

SALT

Poor to Moderate Salt Spray Tolerance – it will tolerate some spray, but it is best to have more protection such as a fence or building as an additional barrier behind the first row of plantings or the first dunes.

SOIL

It prefers richer, organic, well-drained soil, but it will tolerate other well-drained soils in the pH range of 5.5 to 7.0.

WATERING

It has moderate to good drought tolerance, once established, but leaves will drop in dry spells without water.

PROPAGATION

Division of tubers/rhizomes, though care must be taken as rhizomes break easily; seed – usually requires soaking and some cold stratification and then there is the typical hybrid seedling variability

PRUNING

Prune out spent flower stems to keep it tidy.

FERTILIZING

It has no special fertilizer needs. Unless a soil test suggests otherwise, a slow-release balanced analysis fertilizer applied per the product label will work.

PESTS

Aphids - University of California

Thrips - University of California

Whiteflies - University of California

Snails - University of California

Slugs - University of Florida

Pea Leafminer - Florida Department of Agriculture

DISEASES

Botrytis Blight - Missouri Botanical Gardens

Pythium Root Rot - Purdue University

Rhizoctonia Root and Stem Rot - Michigan State University

DEER

Resistant

There are very few totally “deer-proof” plants. There are also, relatively speaking, few plants that are considered a preferred food supply of deer. Most plants fall in the big gap between. One of the biggest variables is the available preferred food supply in a given area. If their preferred food is scarce, they will munch on most anything.

OTHER

Good cut flower

USES

Mixed plantings, perennial flower garden, borders

TOXICITY

California Poison Control gives Alstroemeria spp. a listing of:

1 - Dermal Skin - contact with these plants can cause symptoms ranging from redness, itching, and rash to painful blisters like skin burns.

3 – Moderate - Ingestion of these plants is expected to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that may cause illness but is not life-threatening

Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System lists Peruvian Lily as:

This plant causes contact dermatitis to workers who may be sensitized to the chemical tuliposide A, which is also found in tulip plants. This chemical readily penetrates vinyl gloves. Nitrile gloves may prevent the allergic reaction of workers sensitive to this chemical (Marks 1988).