I find so many non orchid flowers beautiful, too. Pretty lavender.
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Pretty, I have the red parrot flower blooming Ii's heart out. It must like all the rain we're getting this year. Love the alstroemerias. I'd love to swap a few tubers if you are interested.

Hi Sheila, I'm not sure what you mean by red parrot flower but I have many white and red alstroemerias EVERYWHERE! They are just so hardy it's basically impossible to kill them! I don't know if this is the one you have but if it isn't, I would love to trade tubers. I attached pics

Sorry the picture copied and deleted one here the other

Just google Poor mans orchid and you will see the problem with common names. Despite the orchids I still have a garden. Looks a bit like the pic. in the post above. Described by the Dragon Woman as messy while I prefer Casual Cottage

Very pretty these alstroemerias, I don`t think I have seen them before. I need to look into wether they can take our heat here.

My objective is to leave no space for "weeds" and also help keep the moisture in the ground from evaporating too quickly. So in my yard you hardly find any exposed soil, it`s all plants like and English Cottage Garden!

My plant should do fine in Houston. I live about 150 mi W and our heat is even worse than Houston's. It grows like a weed. This is the only alst I have in my garden.

It's blooms don't totally open and these umbels of flower stalks are prolific; growing about 24-30" tall.

I wonder if they grow in south Florida? I haven't seen them for sale. I buy alstroemerias as cut flowers because they last for weeks. I'd love to grow them. I'll have to ask around.

Beautiful flowers.

Jane

Hi Jane! If you would like some, I can send you some tubers to try out. I don't really need anything in return. It can be for all the wonderful knowledge you bring to the forums :) I don't know if there is private message on this forum. If not I can post my email. I have pics above. So, if you want some, just let me know!

Also on the topic of things that aren't orchids, I also have irises and other bulbs I'd love to trade. (You can probably tell I like trading plants lol. Great way to get new types of plants!)

Sheila, I have plenty of those, so many that I classify it as a weed. It is unkillable though the flowers are nice. I am planting out the spring garden using volunteers, that is the word that some use for plants that self sow every year.

A white daisy

Johny Jump up violas

and primulas

2nd day of winter here in the sub-tropics. Brrrr

Happy summer to all North of the equator.

I saw some different color alstroemerias as cut flowers at the grocery store yesterday. I`ll definitely be looking for them at the garden center, the tubers are probably sold in the winter time.

Everybody thanks for sharing.

I like to grow volunteers too, and see what they actually are.

Arthur, send some cool temps my way, summer is here, 30some degrees ( C )

...puhh