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Alstroemeria 'Lucy' PP22,372 (Little Miss Lucy Peruvian Lily) - A dwarf variety with 6-inch-tall spikes bright pink and yellow flowers in late spring and early summer with solid bright pink tepals and the inner petals with maroon lightly spotted on the yellow throat and surrounded by bright pink. 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 straight up and out, so they break off below ground at the crown to stimulate the formation of new shoots. Do so carefully so as not to pull out pieces of the rhizome itself.
Little Miss Series of Alstroemeria was originally hybridized by Robert Adrian Goemans at Chichester in Sussex, England. The series is marketed in the U.S. by the Henry F. Michell Company and this cultivar received US Plant Patent 22,372 in December 2011.
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 2010 until 2014.
The information about Alstroemeria 'Lucy' PP22,372 displayed on this web page is based on our research conducted in the nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also include 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 we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing this plant. |
