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Products > Alstroemeria 'Tall Pink'   Alstroemeria 'Tall Pink' - Pink Peruvian Lily     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Perennial Family: Alstroemeriaceae (~Liliaceae) Origin: Peru (South America) Flower Color: Pink Bloomtime: Year-round Height: 3-5 feet Width: 4-5 feet Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Deer Tolerant: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F Alstroemeria 'Tall Pink' (Pink Peruvian Lily) - This perennial forms large clumps of mid to pale green foliage and produces flower stalks that rise 3-5 feet tall bearing beautiful pink flowers. Plants have a crown of slender rhizomes that attach to succulent storage roots below. Each year new unbranched shoots arise from the crown to produce narrow leaves along the stem and an umbel of flowers at the tip. Plant in full sun to light shade and water regularly to occasionally in late spring and early summer. Tolerates fairly dry conditions in coastal gardens but vigor and flowering is best when plants are irrigated. Hardy to 15-20 degrees F but tolerates lower temperatures if mulched. When trimming or cutting Alstroemeria for flowers it is best to pull the stems out so they break off below ground at the crown to stimulate the formation of new shoots but do so carefully so not to pull out pieces of the rhizome itself. We purchased this beautiful tall florist type Alstroemeria in 1992 from Pianta Bella Nursery and have been growing it ever since. The genus Alstroemeria (at times spelled Alstremeria) was named by Carl Linnaeus, often called the Father of Taxonomy, for his friend and student Klaus von Alstroemer (Clas Alströmer), a Swedish baron. Alstroemeria come from two areas within South America with summer growing species restricted to eastern Brazil and winter-growing plants from central Chile with common names such as Peruvian Lily, Parrot Lily, or Lily of the Incas.  The information on this page is based on research conducted about this plant in the San Marcos Growers library, from online sources, and from observations made of the crops growing in our nursery, plants in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens where we may have observed it. We also have incorporated comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from those who may have additional information, particularly if this information includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Alstroemeria 'Tall Pink'.