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Alstroemeria Dark Purple ['Tesdarklin'] - (Dark Purple Peruvian Lily) - A dwarf variety to 1 foot tall with dark purple colored flowers with darker streaks that bloom from late spring until late summer. 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 are best when plants are irrigated. Hardy to 15-20° F but tolerates lower temperatures if well 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 as not to pull out pieces of the rhizome itself.
This variety comes from the breeding program of Peter Eveleens of VOF Hortipartners in Heerhugowaard, Holland with the goal of producing freely-flowering potted garden Alstroemeria plants with uniform plant habit and attractive flower coloration. The series of plants is marketed by HilverdaKooij as the Inticancha® Alstroemeria Collection.
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. We grew this variety from 2013 until 2017.
This information about Alstroemeria Dark Purple [Tesdarklin'] displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.
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