Alstroemeria Inticancha Cabana - Peruvian Lily

The Astroemeria Inticancha^® 'Cabana' is a new variety of Peruvian Lily with a compact habit and remarkably abundant flowering. With its low and weather-resistant stems, this variety maintains a neat appearance throughout the season that will make an impression in flower pots. Particularly robust, the plant continuously produces two-toned yellow lily flowers from June to the first frost. They have a very pale yellow colour with a beautiful throat delicately streaked with purple. This not very hardy perennial plant is easy to grow as an annual and requires very little maintenance. It thrives in partial shade or in the sun, in light, not too dry soil.

The Alstroemeria Inticancha^® 'Cabana' is the result of hybridization between several tuberous species native to South America, particularly the Chilean Andes. These high-altitude plants belonging to the amaryllis family are more or less hardy, appreciate cool, well-drained soil in a lightly wooded and fresh area. They take a long time to establish and can either disappear or become invasive! Quirky but fantastic plants, very sensitive to growing conditions, they are "indestructible" once you find the right spot for them.

'Cabana', like almost all plants in the Inticancha^® series, is particularly compact and easy to grow in good potting soil. The plant quickly forms bushy clumps with leafy stems reaching 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) in height when flowering, with a spread of 30 cm (12in). Flowering occurs continuously from June to October-November. The open flowers are gathered in terminal umbels. They have 3 small central petals, pale yellow with young base streaked with purple-brown, surrounded by 3 larger petals, almost white with a yellow-washed central zone. The flower's center has pale yellow stamens. Each plant can produce at least 30 flowers. The foliage is arranged on the upper part of the stems. The leaves of this variety are shiny green. The foliage and stems disappear in winter, leaving only the trailing stump with fleshy roots underground, which can withstand frosts down to -5/-8°C. The latter is sensitive to the shock of transplantation, especially in older plants.

The Alstroemeria Inticancha^® 'Cabana' is a superb variety for decorating flower pots and for cut flowers. On the terrace or balcony, it creates an exotic bouquet that competes in brilliance with balcony geraniums and petunias. In borders, this plant pairs well, for example, with other varieties from the same Inticancha series ('Moon', 'White', 'Sunset') as well as complementary grasses: Stipa tenuifolia or barbata, small Miscanthus, Eragrostis, or Muhlenbergia capillaris will accompany its colours with their foliage and magnificent late-season blooms. You can also plant Ceratostigma plumbaginoides at its base, with intense blue flowers and red foliage in October, or Ajuga reptans 'Multicolour' or 'Burgundy Glow'. A marvel!

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C for a few weeks before being planted outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.