{"id":2929,"date":"2012-04-16T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2929"},"modified":"2012-03-19T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:06:53","slug":"peruvian-lilies-a-gift-which-keeps-on-giving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/04\/16\/peruvian-lilies-a-gift-which-keeps-on-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian Lilies &#8211; A Gift Which Keeps On Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2930\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_0072.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2930\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2930\" title=\"DSC_0072\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_0072-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_0072-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DSC_0072-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peruvian lilies (Alstroemeria)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Peruvian lilies\u00a0(<em>Alstroemeria spp<\/em>.), also called Lilies of the Nile), are not true lilies (<em>Lilium spp<\/em>.). Likely, you have purchased\u00a0a bouquet of\u00a0alstroemerias from the florist section of\u00a0your local supermarket. In addition, many potted\u00a0hybrid varieties have been introduced\u00a0from Holland\u00a0and elsewhere\u00a0over the past\u00a0decade.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that\u00a0some Peruvian lilies\u00a0are\u00a0perennials, winter hardy\u00a0in the Southern Appalachian Region (USDA hardiness zones 6 and 7). Perennial types are best suited for an east\u00a0front border of\u00a0the flower garden,\u00a0exposed to\u00a0mostly morning sunlight. In the deep South (zones 8 and 9), they prefer filtered (not direct) sunlight through\u00a0nearby trees.<\/p>\n<p>Afternoon sunlight is harsh in the summer on the\u00a0leaves\u00a0and\u00a0reduces flower life. Mulch\u00a0around plants in\u00a0late fall in\u00a0colder zones 5-b to 6-a climates\u00a0or transplant back into a container and grow them in a cool garden room\u00a0over the winter.<\/p>\n<p>Peruvian lilies\u00a0require little care after planting. Fertilize established plants in late winter with a handful of granular 10-10-10 around each plant.\u00a0Irrigate Peruvian lilies\u00a0weekly, particularly\u00a0during summer dry spells.<\/p>\n<p>Peruvian lilies comes in several flower colors including in white, yellow, salmon, pink and red.\u00a0Perennial varieties average 18-36 inches\u00a0in height\u00a0in garden beds and in\u00a0deck or patio containers.\u00a0Cut flowers\u00a0may last for\u00a07 to 10 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peruvian lilies\u00a0(Alstroemeria spp.), also called Lilies of the Nile), are not true lilies (Lilium spp.). Likely, you have purchased\u00a0a bouquet of\u00a0alstroemerias from the florist section of\u00a0your local supermarket. In addition, many potted\u00a0hybrid varieties have been introduced\u00a0from Holland\u00a0and elsewhere\u00a0over the past\u00a0decade. Turns out that\u00a0some Peruvian lilies\u00a0are\u00a0perennials, winter hardy\u00a0in the Southern Appalachian Region (USDA hardiness zones 6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,867,665,625,630,706,113,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2929"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3088,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2929\/revisions\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}